Gender segmentation at work in China's privatized rural industry: Some evidence from Shandong and Jiangsu

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 979-998

  Dong, Xiao Yuan ^a   MacPhail, Fiona ^b   Bowles, Paul ^b   Ho, Samuel P S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Rural China; Share holding; Transition economies; Wage discrimination; Workplace segmentation

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR DIVISION; TOWNSHIP AND VILLAGE ENTERPRISE; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; SHANDONG; WORLD;

EID: 13144290134     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.10.011     Document Type: Article

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