Privatization in developing countries: what are the lessons of recent experience?

S Estrin, A Pelletier - The World Bank Research Observer, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This paper reviews the recent empirical evidence on privatization in developing countries,
with particular emphasis on new areas of research such as the distributional impacts of …

[HTML][HTML] A review of rural transformation studies: Definition, measurement, and indicators

W Dong, C Chunlai, C Findlay - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2023 - Elsevier
The paper reviews studies of rural transformation in three dimensions-definition,
measurement, and indicators-and summarises the findings of rural transformation research …

Glass ceiling or sticky floor? Examining the gender earnings differential across the earnings distribution in urban China, 1987–2004

W Chi, B Li - Journal of comparative Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
Using 1987, 1996, and 2004 data, we show that the gender earnings differential in the
Chinese urban labor market has increased across the earnings distribution, and the …

Trends in China's gender employment and pay gap: Estimating gender pay gaps with employment selection

W Chi, B Li - Journal of Comparative Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
In contrast to the United States and European countries, China has witnessed a widening
gender pay gap in the past two decades. Nevertheless, the size of the gender pay gap could …

How inclusive is workplace gender equality research in the Chinese context? Taking stock and looking ahead

X Zhu, FL Cooke, L Chen, C Sun - The International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the status quo of workplace gender (in) equality research in the
Chinese context. By reviewing 173 articles from 96 English journals throughout 1988–2020 …

Women managers' careers in China: Theorizing the influence of gender and collectivism

C Woodhams, H Xian, B Lupton - Human Resource …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article is concerned with developing an understanding of the careers of women
managers in China. Existing literature suggests that while women in China are …

Economic liberalization with rising segmentation in China's urban labor market

S Démurger, M Fournier, L Shi, W Zhong - Asian Economic Papers, 2006 - direct.mit.edu
The massive downsizing of the state-owned sector and the concomitant impressive growth
of the private sector at the end of the 1990s have altered the nature of the Chinese labor …

The feminization of labor and the time-use gender gap in rural China

H Chang, F MacPhail, X Dong - Feminist Economics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This contribution investigates the impact of economic development on the feminization of
labor in rural China between 1991 and 2006. Using data from the China Health and …

Ownership sector segmentation and the gender wage gap in urban China during the 2000s

X Ma - Post-Communist Economies, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the influence of market segmentation by type of firm ownership on the
gender wage gap in urban China from 2002 to 2013. Data from the Chinese Household …

Women's market work and household status in rural China: Evidence from Jiangsu and Shandong in the late 1990s

F MacPhail, X Dong - Feminist Economics, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This paper addresses the question,“does market work improve women's household status in
rural China?” using survey data of men and women working in Township and Village …