報告題目: Holding up Half the Sky? Affirmative Action, Labor MarketRestructuring and Gender Inequality in Urban China, 1988-2007

主 講 人：左雪靜（複旦大學經濟學院助理教授）

講座時間：2018年10月29日（周一）下午3：30 -5:00

講座地點：伟德平台怎么样沙河校區學院樓4号樓110教室

主講人簡介:

左雪靜，複旦大學經濟學院公共經濟系助理教授。美國休斯頓大學經濟學博士(2018)，中山大學經濟學碩士(2009)。主要研究領域為勞動經濟學，實驗經濟學和中國經濟。博士期間榮獲休斯頓大學經濟學院優秀博士生獎勵和稱号(2015-2016)、蔣經國國際學術交流基金會博士論文獎 (2016-2017)、喬治梅森大學人文研究博士論文獎 (2017-2018)。論文多次入選NBER、SOLE、 NEDUC、IZA等頂級經濟學年會并做報告。

摘要:In contrast to most of the existing literature that considers the existence of gender gapsas given ex ante, prior to the State-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in urban China, genderequality in labor market outcomes was enforced through the central planning labor arrangement.Between 1996 and 2001, the national SOE reform resulted in a massive layoff of over 35 millionworkers. The layoff intensity varies across regions, which is correlated with pre-reform regionalindustry composition. This paper examines the effect of the SOE reform on gender inequality inlabor market outcomes. I compare individuals who resided in the relatively high layoff intensityareas to individuals in the low layoff intensity areas, instrumenting the intensity measure with the Bartik shift-share intensity index, before and after the reform. Ifind that the SOE reformnegatively affected women's labor market outcomes substantially more than men's outcomes. Asimple back of the envelope calculation suggests that over 50% of increased gender gaps can beexplained by the SOE reform. To explore whether the response to the SOE reform is relatedwith traditional gender norms, I calculate male-to-female sex ratio using under age 10 cohortsand Ifind that the widening gender employment gap is entirely driven by the areas with highsex ratio. These results are consistent with the persistence of traditional gender norms.

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