| By: |
Yueping Song;
Xiao-Yuan Dong |
| Abstract: |
This paper examines the gender patterns of occupational mobility in
post-reform Urban China using a national representative dataset. The results
reveal marked differences between married men and women: women are more likely
than men to undergo lateral or downward occupational changes, but are less
likely to experience upward mobility. The results also show that the
public-sector restructuring has increased the incidence of downward
occupational mobility, more for women than men. The analysis suggests that
women are disadvantaged in the occupational mobility process by a variety of
social and institutional factors. |
| Keywords: |
Occupational mobility, Gender, Economic transition, Social networks |
| JEL: |
J16 J63 C25 R20 |
| Date: |
2011–01 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:win:winwop:2011-01&r=cna |