Gender Disparities in Self-employment in Urban China's Market Transition: Income Inequality, Occupational Segregation and Mobility Processes

• Main Author: ZHANG, Qian Forrest
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: income inequality; gender segregation; self-employment; urban China; state sector restructuring; stratification; Asian Studies; Family, Life Course, and Society; Gender and Sexuality
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1542; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/2798/viewcontent/GenderDisparities_Self_Employment_China.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper presents the first quantitative analysis of gender disparities in selfemployment in urban China. It documents the extent of gender income inequality in selfemployment. By disaggregating self-employment into three occupational classes, it shows the gender segregation within self-employment...