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Gender Differentials in Economic Success: Rural China in 1991

Michelson, Ethan; & Parish, William L. (2000). Gender Differentials in Economic Success: Rural China in 1991. In Barbara Entwisle, & Henderson, Gail E. (Ed.), Re-Drawing Boundaries: Work, Households, and Gender in China (pp. 134-156). Berkeley: University of California Press.

Michelson, Ethan; & Parish, William L. (2000). Gender Differentials in Economic Success: Rural China in 1991. In Barbara Entwisle, & Henderson, Gail E. (Ed.), Re-Drawing Boundaries: Work, Households, and Gender in China (pp. 134-156). Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Data from the second (1991) wave of the China Health & Nutrition Survey for 14,811 respondents (Rs) from 3,629 households in 127 rural & suburban villages are drawn on to test three hypotheses regarding gender-based inequalities in educational & economic success. Controlling for individual, household, & community effects, results support the importance of the three factors proposed: (1) patriarchy, which results in greater parental investment in sons; (2) economic development, which weakens patriarchy - families in more developed communities or those better off financially divide resources more evenly among their male & female children; & (3) family social capital - parents employed in desirable occupational sectors increase their children's chances for like employment, primarily as a result of the enriched home environment they are able to provide; again, boys are advantaged over girls. 5 Tables. K. Hyatt Stewart.




CHAP

Re-Drawing Boundaries: Work, Households, and Gender in China


Michelson, Ethan
Parish, William L.

Entwisle, Barbara, & Henderson, Gail E.


2000





134-156




University of California Press

Berkeley

0520220919




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