Sectoral gender wage differentials and discrimination in the transitional Chinese economy

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 331-352

  Liu, Pak Wai ^a   Meng, Xin ^b   Zhang, Junsen ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China's economic reform; Discrimination; Gender wage differentials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358458     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050141     Document Type: Article

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