Why do Women Have Longer Unemployment Durations than Men in Post-Restructuring Urban China?

PMMA Working Paper No. 2007-23

48 Pages Posted: 31 Jul 2007

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Fenglian Du

Inner Mongolia Polytechnic University

Jian-Chun Yang

National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS)

Xiao-Yuan Dong

University of Winnipeg

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Date Written: July 2007

Abstract

This paper provides the first systematic analysis of the reasons why women endure longer unemployment durations than men in post-restructuring urban China using data obtained from a national representative household survey. Rejecting the view that women are less earnest than men in their desire for employment, the analysis shows that women's job search efforts are handicapped by lack of access to social networks, social stereotyping (that married women are unreliable employees), unequal access to social reemployment services stemming from sex segregation prior to the displacement, and wage discrimination in the post-restructuring labor market.

Keywords: Gender inequality, unemployment duration, Oaxaca-decomposition

JEL Classification: J16, J21, J64, J71, R20

Suggested Citation

Du, Fenglian and Yang, Jian-Chun and Dong, Xiao-Yuan, Why do Women Have Longer Unemployment Durations than Men in Post-Restructuring Urban China? (July 2007). PMMA Working Paper No. 2007-23, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=999589 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.999589

Fenglian Du (Contact Author)

Inner Mongolia Polytechnic University ( email )

221 Aimin Road
Huhhot, Inner Mongolia 01006
China

Jian-Chun Yang

National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS) ( email )

No. 75, Yuetan Nanjie
Sanlihe, Xicheng District
Beijing 100826
China

Xiao-Yuan Dong

University of Winnipeg ( email )

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9
Canada

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