Journal of Contemporary Asia

Burkett, Paul; Hart-Landsberg, Martin

doi: 10.1080/00472339880000241pmid: N/A

Lim, Timothy C.

doi: 10.1080/00472339880000251pmid: N/A

Lee, William Keng Mun

doi: 10.1080/00472339880000261pmid: N/A

Abstract This article finds that the root of income inequality and wage discrimination is that female workers are highly concentrated in low paying jobs across core and periphery industries. This finding suggests that job segregation is at the firm level. Gender segregation and discrimination are arguably caused by statistical discrimination, preexisting structural differences, sexism, and Chinese male workers success in protecting their economic success by excluding females from high paying jobs.

Wei, Yehua

doi: 10.1080/00472339880000271pmid: N/A

Abstract Scholars disagree over the consequences of economic reforms on regional inequality in China. This article has found that dramatic disparities exist among the provinces in China's coastal region. While coastal provinces like Jiangsu have experienced dramatic growth, the relative position of Liaoning has declined, and Shanghai has experienced a decline and a recent recovery. These changing patterns of growth have contributed to the decline of interprovincial inequality, but led to the rise of the coast-interior divide in China. The analysis of the diverse coastal provinces is critical to improve the understanding of regional inequality in China.

Philion, Stephen

doi: 10.1080/00472339880000281pmid: N/A

doi: 10.1080/00472339880000291pmid: N/A