THE GENDER PAY GAP IN CHINA: PERSPECTIVES ON DISCRIMINATION

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Gender pay gap, China, labor market

THE GENDER PAY GAP IN CHINA: PERSPECTIVES ON DISCRIMINATION

To take a look at the repute of the gender wage gap in China, the usage of records from China Income and (CHIP) 2018, this paper finds that the gender wage gap nonetheless exists, as men earning a common hourly wage of 5.65 Yuan and sizable annual profits of 17,637 Yuan greater than women. Men additionally work a common of third hours per week extra than women. Ols regression evaluation discovered that all men's common wage profits have been 24.4% greater than women's common hourly wage earnings. They learn about additionally confirmed that people who are insured, have an employment contract, or whose administrative center affords social advantages earn extensively greater hourly wages than employees who do no longer have these advantages.

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Gender pay gap, China, labor market,

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