). Population census data are used to estimate gender-separated urban labor force participation rates (lfpr) using logit regressions … to reduce this Han advantage. -- China ; ethnic minorities ; labor force participation ; economic reform ; population …

Taking off from the self-evident fact that the population variable centrally figures in both labor and product markets …, this paper argues that the growth rate of population, its age structure and spatial distribution should be key … considerations in a country’s development strategy to promote rapid and sustained economic growth, full employment, poverty reduction …