Why do women have longer durations of unemployment than men in post-restructuring urban China?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-252

  Du, Fenglian ^c   Dong, Xiao Yuan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

China; Gender inequality; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; JOB SEARCH; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 62549165244     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ben034     Document Type: Article

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