Women's employment and family income inequality during China's economic transition

Feminist Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-190

  Ding, Sai ^a   Dong, Xiao Yuan ^b   Li, Shi ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; China; Income inequality; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450077148     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700802526541     Document Type: Article

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