Gender roles and women’s labor market outcomes

Using the China General Social Survey data, we tried to examine the impact of gender roles on women’s labor market outcomes. We find that traditional gender roles emphasizing women’s responsibility for housework are negatively related to the employment rate and earnings of women. Although gender rol...

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Main Authors: Zhang Chuanchuan, Wang Jingwen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. 2021-06-01
Series:China Economic Quarterly International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666933121000174