An Ocean Formed From One Hundred Rivers: The Effects of Ethnicity, Gender, Marriage, And Location on Labor Force Participation in Urban China

Zhang, Dandan; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James

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An Ocean Formed From One Hundred Rivers: The Effects of Ethnicity, Gender, Marriage, And Location on Labor Force Participation in Urban China

Date

2007

Authors

Zhang, Dandan

Maurer-Fazio, Margaret

Hughes, James

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract

This paper analyzes changes in labor force participation rates over time for gender- and ethnicity-differentiated groups in urban China. From 1990 to 2000, urban labor force participation rates fell substantially with women's rates declining more rapidly