報(bào)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（復(fù)旦大學(xué)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院助理教授）

講座時(shí)間：2018年10月29日（周一）下午3：30 -5:00

講座地點(diǎn)：中央財(cái)經(jīng)大學(xué)沙河校區(qū)學(xué)院樓4號(hào)樓110教室

主講人簡介:

左雪靜，復(fù)旦大學(xué)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院公共經(jīng)濟(jì)系助理教授。美國休斯頓大學(xué)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)博士(2018)，中山大學(xué)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)碩士(2009)。主要研究領(lǐng)域?yàn)閯趧?dòng)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)，實(shí)驗(yàn)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)和中國經(jīng)濟(jì)。博士期間榮獲休斯頓大學(xué)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)院優(yōu)秀博士生獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)和稱號(hào)(2015-2016)、蔣經(jīng)國國際學(xué)術(shù)交流基金會(huì)博士論文獎(jiǎng) (2016-2017)、喬治梅森大學(xué)人文研究博士論文獎(jiǎng) (2017-2018)。論文多次入選NBER、SOLE、 NEDUC、IZA等頂級(jí)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)年會(huì)并做報(bào)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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