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Educational Returns to Urban FullTime Young Workers: An Analysis of Sex and OnlyChild Status

Author: Wang Xiaotao, Sociology Department of Nanjing University   

  1. Author: Wang Xiaotao, Sociology Department of Nanjing University
  • Online:2011-07-20 Published:2011-07-20
  • Contact: Author: Wang Xiaotao, Sociology Department of Nanjing University E-mail:njuchipie@gmail.com.
  • About author:Author: Wang Xiaotao, Sociology Department of Nanjing University
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    This research was supported by the programm “Research on the OnlyChild Problems in China”(06JZD0027), which was funded by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China’s Grant

Abstract:

Past studies on gender inequality in incomes focused too much on the market transition but neglected other important variables. The present study questioned if the onlychild status could be another important variable that affected gender inequality in incomes. Analyses of the data from the Study of Chinese Youth in Twelve Cities (2004) found different expressions of gender inequality among only children and children with siblings. Among the former, there was no gender inequality in incomes; whereas among the latter there was a significant difference, with women in disadvantage. This might be closely related to the only children’s families of origin and their educational attainments.

Key words: children with siblings, gender, income difference, inequality, only children