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Zhang, Yuping; Hannum, Emily; Wang, Meiyan – Social Forces, 2008
Previous research on China's labor market gender gaps has emphasized the human and political capital disadvantages of women and new discrimination in the reform era. Analyzing the China Urban Labor Survey/China Adult Literacy Survey, this paper shows that while women are significantly disadvantaged by various measures of human and political…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Marital Status, Employment Level, Mothers
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Zhang, Changzheng; Huan, Zhijian; Li, Huaizu – Frontiers of Education in China, 2007
By using the education Gini coefficient (EGC), as the indicator of education equity, this paper will calculate the degree of education equity in China during 1978-2004. Results show that although education equity as a whole has improved significantly since 1978, it is rather at a low level compared with the international average. Due to the great…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Foreign Countries, Educational Indicators, Social Change