abstract: 'Studies looking at gender and ethnic minority outcomes in China''s labour

  market have generally suggested that women and minorities are separately

  experiencing a wage disadvantage relative to males and the Han majority,

  respectively. But, what is the experience of this combined cohort,

  ethnic minority women? Using data from China''s 2005 one percent

  mini-census, this article discerns ethno-gender labour market outcomes

  by factoring education, labour force participation, working hours, age,

  family structure (e.g. married, number of dependents) and geography

  (e.g. urban/rural, bordering province). It surprisingly finds that

  ethnic minority women are less disadvantaged in the labour market than

  Han women. This is largely due to smaller penalties linked to marriage

  and having children.'
affiliation: 'Cherng, HYS (Corresponding Author), NYU, Int Educ, New York, NY 10003
  USA.

  Cherng, Hua-Yu Sebastian, NYU, Int Educ, New York, NY 10003 USA.

  Hasmath, Reza, Univ Alberta, Polit Sci, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

  Ho, Benjamin, Vassar Coll, Econ, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 USA.'
author: Cherng, Hua-Yu Sebastian and Hasmath, Reza and Ho, Benjamin
author-email: cherng@nyu.edu
author_list:
- family: Cherng
  given: Hua-Yu Sebastian
- family: Hasmath
  given: Reza
- family: Ho
  given: Benjamin
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/10670564.2018.1542222
eissn: 1469-9400
files: []
issn: 1067-0564
journal: JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY CHINA
keywords-plus: URBAN CHINA; MINORITIES; MARRIAGE; EMPLOYMENT; MAJORITY; GAP
language: English
month: MAY 4
number: '117'
number-of-cited-references: '37'
orcid-numbers: Hasmath, Reza/0000-0002-1467-129X
pages: 415-433
papis_id: 6b9ad1ff9aa749259326921f2b9ecf4c
ref: Cherng2019holdinghalf
times-cited: '6'
title: Holding up Half the Sky? Ethno-Gender Labour Market Outcomes in China
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000466040100006
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '14'
volume: '28'
web-of-science-categories: Area Studies
year: '2019'