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abstract: 'BACKGROUND
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In contrast to the historical experience of Western welfare states,
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where social and family policies help create more integrated
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public-private spheres, marketization in China has presented a case of
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sphere separation. This phenomenon has important implications for the
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dynamics of gender inequality in economic transition.
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OBJECTIVE
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This article examines how family status is associated with women''s
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career mobility in reform-era urban China and the impact of family on
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women''s career choices across different reform stages.
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METHOD
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Based on retrospective data from the Chinese General Social Survey
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(CGSS) in 2008, we adopt discrete-time logit models to examine the
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effects of marriage and childbearing on women''s upward mobility, the
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risk of labor market exit, and how the effects vary over time.
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RESULTS
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Chinese women in the workforce are adversely affected by marriage and
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having dependent children. They are more likely than men to experience
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(involuntary, in particular) job exit to fulfill their roles as wives
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and mothers and less likely to move up in the career ladder. This
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pattern is more prominent as the economic reform proceeds.
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CONCLUSION
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Marketization has adversely affected Chinese women''s career outcomes by
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increasing work-family tension after the work unit (danwei) system and
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socialist programs that supported working women were scrapped.
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CONTRIBUTION
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This study is one of the few empirical studies to attempt to explain the
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widening gender gap in China''s job market from the perspective of family
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using the two-sphere separation framework. The framework originated in
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Western family studies but has been adapted to suit the context of urban
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China'
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affiliation: 'Wu, XG (Corresponding Author), NYU Shanghai, Ctr Appl Social \& Econ
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Res, Shanghai, Peoples R China.
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Wu, XG (Corresponding Author), NYU, Dept Sociol, New York, NY 10003 USA.
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He, Guangye, Nanjing Univ, Sch Social \& Behav Sci, Dept Sociol, Nanjing, Peoples
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R China.
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Wu, Xiaogang, NYU Shanghai, Ctr Appl Social \& Econ Res, Shanghai, Peoples R China.
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Wu, Xiaogang, NYU, Dept Sociol, New York, NY 10003 USA.'
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article-number: '8'
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author: He, Guangye and Wu, Xiaogang
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author-email: xw29@nyu.edu
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author_list:
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- family: He
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given: Guangye
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- family: Wu
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given: Xiaogang
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.44.8
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files: []
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issn: 1435-9871
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journal: DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
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keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION; GENDER SEGREGATION;
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MOTHERHOOD PENALTY; SEPARATE SPHERES; WELFARE-STATE; MARRIED-WOMEN;
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EMPLOYMENT; WORK; INEQUALITY'
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language: English
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month: FEB 2
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number-of-cited-references: '101'
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orcid-numbers: Wu, Xiaogang/0000-0003-0294-629X
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pages: 189-224
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papis_id: bfaa41e8fbd23759402dab8a096490c1
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ref: He2021familystatus
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researcherid-numbers: Wu, Xiaogang/GRR-4820-2022
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times-cited: '6'
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title: Family status and women's career mobility during urban China's economic transition
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000616337900001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
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usage-count-since-2013: '34'
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volume: '44'
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web-of-science-categories: Demography
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year: '2021'
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