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abstract: 'While many economists have advanced potential future growth strategies
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for the Chinese economy, none to our knowledge have done so with a
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specific consideration of the impacts these policies may have on women''s
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welfare measured in terms of labor market outcomes. In this article, we
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first discuss the relative status of women''s position in the Chinese
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labor force from the perspective of their employment levels,
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occupational segregation, and wages. We then calculate segregation
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indices and present and interpret recent employment data from the
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National Bureau of Statistics of China to consider how the labor market
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has evolved for women in the last decade. Interestingly, we find that
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occupational segregation by gender has in fact intensified since the
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onset of the radical reforms in China in the mid-1990s. Next, we
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contribute to the literature by evaluating potential growth policies for
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their impacts on women''s relative welfare in terms of labor market
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outcomes using our unique criteria for evaluation. We find that
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switching to a service-centered growth strategy could work to increase
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women''s relative welfare if implemented concurrently with additional
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policies aimed at reducing the otherwise potential negative implications
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for women''s relative welfare. Finally, we provide our own gender
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sensitive growth strategy suggestions which include our argument that an
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education-led growth strategy, for example, may have the largest
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positive impact on both the Chinese economy and women''s relative
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welfare.'
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affiliation: 'Knight, T (Corresponding Author), Willamette Univ, Dept Econ, 900 State
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St, Salem, OR 97301 USA.
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Knight, Tabitha, Willamette Univ, Dept Econ, 900 State St, Salem, OR 97301 USA.'
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author: Knight, Tabitha
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author-email: knightt@willamette.edu
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author_list:
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- family: Knight
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given: Tabitha
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1080/10971475.2016.1159907
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eissn: 1558-0954
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files: []
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issn: 1097-1475
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journal: CHINESE ECONOMY
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keywords: gender inequality; growth; labor markets
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keywords-plus: 'RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; GENDER INEQUALITY; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; OCCUPATIONAL
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SEGREGATION; EARNINGS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; RACE'
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language: English
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number: 3, SI
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number-of-cited-references: '46'
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pages: 213-227
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papis_id: 5c034e43ee7810b5d15afe7174bb6cf1
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ref: Knight2016womenchinese
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times-cited: '1'
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title: 'Women and the Chinese Labor Market: Recent Patterns and Future Possibilities'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000390873800006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '6'
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volume: '49'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2016'
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