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Cambridge Journal of Economics Advance Access originally published online on October 17, 2008
Cambridge Journal of Economics 2009 33(2):233-252; doi:10.1093/cje/ben034
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. All rights reserved.

Why do women have longer durations of unemployment than men in post-restructuring urban China?

Fenglian Du and Xiao-yuan Dong*

* Economics and Management School, Inner Mongolia University, China and University of Winnipeg, Canada

Address for correspondence: Xiao-yuan Dong, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB Canada R3B 2E9; email: x.dong{at}uwinnipeg.ca

This paper provides the first systematic analysis of the reasons why women endure longer unemployment durations than men in post-restructuring urban China. This analysis is based upon data obtained from a national representative household survey. Rejecting the view that women are less earnest than men in their desire for re-employment, this analysis shows that women's job search efforts are handicapped by a lack of access to social networks, unequal entitlement to social re-employment services, higher earnings losses from job separations for women, and unfair treatment of women with respect to mandatory retirement.

Key Words: gender inequality • Unemployment duration • China

JEL classifications: J16, J21, J64, J71, R20

Manuscript received September 25, 2007; final version received July 8, 2008.


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