abstract: 'As China embarked on the path of economic and social reforms, social

  provisions from the Maoist era were dismantled, and care

  responsibilities shifted back from the state to the household.

  Rural-urban migration, a steep decline in fertility, and increasing

  longevity have led to changes in the age structure of the population

  both overall and by region. Using seven different surveys, the eleven

  contributions in this volume study the distributive consequences of

  post-reform care policies and the impact of unpaid care responsibilities

  on women''s and men''s opportunities and gender inequality. Overall,

  reduced care services have created care deficits for disadvantaged

  groups, including low-income rural elderly and children. The shifted

  care burden has also limited women''s ability to participate fully in the

  market economy and has contributed to rising gender inequalities in

  labor force participation, off-farm employment, earnings, pensions, and

  mental health outcomes.'
affiliation: 'Connelly, R (Corresponding Author), Bowdoin Coll Econ, 9700 Coll Stn,
  Brunswick, ME 04011 USA.

  Connelly, Rachel, Bowdoin Coll Econ, 9700 Coll Stn, Brunswick, ME 04011 USA.

  Dong, Xiao-yuan, Univ Winnipeg, Econ, 515 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9, Canada.

  Jacobsen, Joyce, Wesleyan Univ Econ, Publ Affairs Ctr, 238 Church St, Middletown,
  CT 06459 USA.

  Zhao, Yaohui, Peking Univ, Natl Sch Dev, 5 Yiheyuan Rd, Beijing 100871, Peoples
  R China.'
author: Connelly, Rachel and Dong, Xiao-yuan and Jacobsen, Joyce and Zhao, Yaohui
author-email: 'e-connelly@bowdoin.edu

  x.dong@uwinnipeg.ca

  jjacobsen@wesleyan.edu

  yhzhao@nsd.pku.edu.cn'
author_list:
- family: Connelly
  given: Rachel
- family: Dong
  given: Xiao-yuan
- family: Jacobsen
  given: Joyce
- family: Zhao
  given: Yaohui
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/13545701.2018.1441534
eissn: 1466-4372
files: []
issn: 1354-5701
journal: FEMINIST ECONOMICS
keywords: 'Childcare; China reforms; eldercare; employment; gender inequality;

  unpaid work'
keywords-plus: 'URBAN CHINA; RURAL CHINA; CHILD-CARE; MIGRATION DECISIONS; WOMENS

  EMPLOYMENT; TIME POVERTY; GENDER; LABOR; TRANSITION; ELDERCARE'
language: English
number: 2, SI
number-of-cited-references: '78'
orcid-numbers: Zhao, Yaohui/0000-0002-9252-9715
pages: 1-30
papis_id: 799b2365ff38fae97de78b95791c2681
ref: Connelly2018careeconomy
times-cited: '18'
title: 'The Care Economy in Post-Reform China: Feminist Research on Unpaid and Paid
  Work and Well-Being'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000428813800001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '41'
volume: '24'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Women's Studies
year: '2018'