abstract: 'Using a series of survey and census/mini-census data, this paper

  explores the trends of women''s labor force participation (WLFP) and

  estimates the key factors affecting women''s labor supply in urban China

  between 1990 and 2010. Our results show that WLFP in urban China had

  changed dramatically from 1990 to 2010. The rates of WLFP had dropped

  drastically during the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2003, WLFP showed a

  steady trend of increase. Since 2003, WLFP had become more and more

  responsive to incomes from other family members. Specifically, women

  from poorer families have been more likely to join the labor force over

  time. We argue that Chinese women''s labor supply had been driven by

  different social or economic forces in different historical stages. From

  1990 to 2003, the sharp decline of WLFP may have been caused by

  institutional transformation (market transition) starting from early

  1980s and the radical layoff policy of publicly-owned enterprises (POEs)

  in the late 1990s. The steady increase of WLFP since 2003 may have been

  driven by the surge of living costs (e.g., housing, education, and

  healthcare) in urban China.'
affiliation: 'Wu, YX (Corresponding Author), Nanjing Univ, Sch Social \& Behav Sci,
  Dept Sociol, 163 Xianlin Ave, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China.

  Wu, Yuxiao; Zhou, Dongyang, Nanjing Univ, Sch Social \& Behav Sci, Dept Sociol,
  Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, Peoples R China.'
author: Wu, Yuxiao and Zhou, Dongyang
author-email: yxwu2013@nju.edu.cn
author_list:
- family: Wu
  given: Yuxiao
- family: Zhou
  given: Dongyang
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/21620555.2015.1036234
eissn: 2162-0563
files: []
issn: 2162-0555
journal: CHINESE SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
keywords-plus: 'MARITAL CONSTRUCTION; PROBIT COEFFICIENTS; DECISION-MAKING; INEQUALITY;

  GENDER; EMPLOYMENT; MARRIAGE; EARNINGS; EDUCATION; LOGIT'
language: English
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '66'
orcid-numbers: Wu, Yuxiao/0000-0002-5663-071X
pages: 314-342
papis_id: 9c5e061f4e580d637f0654e3860407fb
ref: Wu2015womenslabor
researcherid-numbers: 'Wu, Yuxiao/HZI-9996-2023

  '
times-cited: '27'
title: Women's Labor Force Participation in Urban China, 1990-2010
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000361562800002
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '34'
volume: '47'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2015'