The Impact of Trade Unions on the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from China

Xinxin Ma and Jie Cheng

No 752, Discussion Paper Series from Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: Using national longitudinal survey data from the China Family Panel Studies from 2010 to 2020, this study explores union effects on the gender wage gap in China. The results demonstrate that the union wage premium is greater for women than men; the union wage premium beneficial for women in the public sector is greater than that in the private sector. The gender gap in the probability of obtaining union membership is insignificant for both the public and private sectors. Discrimination against women among the non-union group is the main factor generating the gender wage gap for both the public and private sectors, and the effect in the public sector is greater than that in the private sector. Additionally, the gender gap in unionism reduces the gender wage gap in the public sector while it widens the wage gap in the private sector, and the endowment differences reduce the gender wage gap in both the public and private sectors.

Keywords: union membership; gender wage gap; discrimination; public and private sector; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J31 J51 J52 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2023-12
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