Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/69320 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7159
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In the absence of discrimination, there should be no wage-productivity differentials as relative wages should be equal to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the structure and evolution of gender differentials in China by simultaneously estimating demand-side wage and productivity outcomes using nonlinear least squares. The analyses are based on a comprehensive population-wide panel survey of manufacturing firms between the years of 2004 and 2007, covering 94 percent of total industry output and providing an accurate representation of labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower gender wage-productivity differentials, and more exposure through increased foreign investment leads to differentials in favor of female workers. On the other hand, gender discrimination is found to be prevalent among domestically owned and non-exporting firms.
Subjects: 
China
gender wage discrimination
globalization
firm ownership
JEL: 
D22
F21
F61
J16
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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