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Influence Factors on Gender Wage Gap: Evidences from Chinese Household Income Project Survey

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  • Hao Chen
  • Jianwei Chen
  • Wence Yu

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By constructing a gender wage gap evolution model, this paper examines the source and evolutionary process of gender wage inequality from a theoretical perspective. The purpose of this study is thoroughly investigating the factors affecting the gender wage inequality from the perspective of gender discrimination and variations in non-gender endowments. Based on the Chinese Household Income Project Survey Data, this study indicates that: (1) since companies continue to re-evaluate the gender endowment value of gender, the gender wage inequality exhibits an endogenous sustainability and self-reinforcing effect. (2) The gender wage gap of urban residents is derived mainly from the top tier of wages, while the gender wage gap of the migrant people is mainly determined from the bottom rung of wages. (3) Female age has a ‘U-curve’ impact on gender wage inequality from the standpoint of non-gender endowment differences, and the female age has an ‘inverted U-curve’ impact on gender wage inequality as a result of discrimination. (4) Female appearance and actual work hours are insufficient to affect the changing trend of gender wage inequality; however, h-register location and marital status are still considered to be very important.

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  • Hao Chen & Jianwei Chen & Wence Yu, 2017. "Influence Factors on Gender Wage Gap: Evidences from Chinese Household Income Project Survey," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(4), pages 371-395, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fosoec:v:46:y:2017:i:4:p:371-395
    DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2017.1356346
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    1. Wenwu Zhang & Jiayin Wang & Xi Ou, 2024. "Trade liberalization, city size, and urban wage premium: evidence from China’s city and individual micro-data," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Yahui Wang & Liangjie Xin & Haozhe Zhang & Yuanqing Li, 2019. "An Estimation of the Extent of Rent-Free Farmland Transfer and Its Driving Forces in Rural China: A Multilevel Logit Model Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-18, June.

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