Male-female wage discrimination in Chinese industry

Liqin Zhang () and Xiao-yuan Dong ()

The Economics of Transition, 2008, vol. 16, issue 1, pages 85-112

Abstract: We use firm-level data to analyze male-female wage discrimination in China's industry. We find that there is a significant negative association between wages and the share of female workers in a firm's labour force. However, we also find that the marginal productivity of female workers is significantly lower than that of male workers. Comparing wage gaps and productivity gaps between men and women, we notice an intriguing contrast between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and private firms. The wage gap is smaller than the productivity gap in SOEs, while the converse is true for private firms. These results suggest that women in the state sector receive wage premiums, whereas women in the private sector face wage discrimination. Copyright (c) 2008 The Authors
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Date: 2008

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