Migration and Gender in China: An Origin‐Destination Linked Approach

Liang, Zai; Chen, Yiu Por

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“…Some studies have suggested that males are more likely to migrate (He and Gober, 2003), but others suggest that among younger cohorts, the migrant population may be more feminized (Liang and Chen, 2004). For example, the National Bureau of Statistics estimates that overall, 35 percent of the migrant worker population in China is female, but among the younger cohorts of migrant workers born after 1980, 41 percent are women (National Bureau of Statistics of China, 2011).…”

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“…Some quantitative studies find that higher percentages of working-age men emphasize the importance of economic incentives as compared to working-age women (He and Gober, 2003;Liang and Chen, 2004). To explain this finding, He and Gober (2003) propose that the gender difference partly comes from women's tendency to downplay the importance of economic gains.…”

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“…To explain this finding, He and Gober (2003) propose that the gender difference partly comes from women's tendency to downplay the importance of economic gains. However, Liang and Chen (2004) argue that, at least in Shenzhen, younger women are increasingly emphasizing the importance of individual economic benefits.…”

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Who Goes, Who Stays, and Who Studies? Gender, Migration, and Educational Decisions among Rural Youth in China

Chiang

Hannum

Kao

2012

International Journal of Chinese Education

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Little is known about what affects the decision to migrate in China, despite the estimated 145 million rural migrants that reside in urban areas as of 2009. Drawing on a survey of youth from 100 villages in Gansu Province, we analyze migration and education decisions, with a focus on disparities associated with gender, sibship structure, and academic performance. Results show modest gender differences favoring boys in educational migration, but no gender differences in the overall likelihood of labor migration. Youth with older sisters are less likely to migrate, while youth with younger brothers are more likely to migrate. For girls, having older sisters is also negatively related to being a local or a migrant student, and better early academic performance is related to educational migration. For boys, labor migration may serve as a backup plan in the event of failing the high school entrance examination. Overall, results shed more light on the factors shaping educational migration than labor migration.

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Who Goes, Who Stays, and Who Studies? Gender, Migration, and Educational Decisions among Rural Youth in China

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Hannum

Kao

2012

International Journal of Chinese Education

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“…In China, lagging female migration is thought to be due in part to women's occupational options as migrants tending to be inferior to men's (Fan 2003, Liang andChen 2004). In addition, the gender trends reflect various constraints on opportunities that stem from market and governmental failures that are more binding for women.…”

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Left behind to farm? Women's labor re-allocation in rural China

2011

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Abstract:The transformation of work during China's rapid economic development is associated with a substantial but little noticed re-allocation of traditional farm labor among women, with some doing much less and some much more. We study how the work and time allocation of non-migrant women are affected by the outmigration of others in their household. We find that the women left behind are doing more farm work than would have otherwise been the case. We also find evidence that this is a persistent effect, and not just temporary re-allocation. In stark contrast, no such impacts are found for left-behind men.

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“…Four million dagong mei were concentrated in the Pearl River delta in the mid-1990s (S. Tan (Jacka 1997;Riley 1997; Davin 1999; X. Yang 2000; S. Goldstein, Liang, and Goldstein 2000), and tend unlike men to migrate primarily when unmarried (Davin 1997(Davin , 1999Jacka 1997 Jacka , 2005 X. Yang and Guo 1999; F. Wang 2000;C. Fan 2003;Liang and Chen 2004;Jacka and Gaetano 2004). Women who decide to migrate For recent countervailing data about the increasing migration of married women, see Lou et al 2004; and K. Roberts et al 2004 As urban women have increasingly moved out of urban textile work, which they regard as dirty, tiring, and low paying, young rural women have replaced them (Rofel 1999b;Solinger 1999).…”

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Women in China's Long Twentieth Century

Hershatter¹

2007

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Description:This indispensable guide for students of both Chinese and women's history synthesizes recent research on women in twentieth-century China. Written by a leading historian of modern China, it surveys more than 650 scholarly works, discussing Chinese women in the context of marriage, family, sexuality, labor, and national modernity. In the process, Hershatter offers keen analytic insights and judgments about the works themselves and the evolution of related academic fields. The result is both a practical bibliographic tool and a thoughtful reflection on how we approach the past. Author:Gail Hershatter is Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Humanities Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among her books is Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai. Review:"An important and much-needed introduction to a rich and fast-growing field. Hershatter has handled a daunting task with aplomb." -Susan L. Glosser, author of Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915-1953 WOMEN IN CHINA'S LONG TWENTIETH CENTURY GAIL HERSHATTER Women in China's Long Twentieth CenturyWomen in China's Long Twentieth Century Gail Hershatter Global, Area, and International Archive University of California Press Berkeley los Angeles LondonThe Global, Area, and International Archive (GAIA) is an initiative of International and Area Studies, University of California, Berkeley, in partnership with the University of California Press, the California Digital Library, and international research programs across the UC system. GAIA volumes, which are published in both print and open-access digital editions, represent the best traditions of regional studies, reconfigured through fresh global, transnational, and thematic perspectives.University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. Hershatter, Gail. Women in China's long twentieth century / Gail Hershatter. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn-13: 978-0-520-09856-5 (pbk.: alk. paper), isbn-10: 0-520-09856-0 (pbk.: alk. paper) University of California Press1. Women -China -Social conditions -20th century. 2. Women -Employment -China. 3. Sex role -China. 4. Women and communism -China. 5. Feminism -China. I. University of California, Berkeley. Global, Area, and International Archive. II. Title. HQ1767. H47 2007 305.40951'0904-dc22 2006029808 Manufactured in the United States of America 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39. 48-1992 (r1997) The study of women in twentieth-century China has expanded so quickly since the mid-1980s that a state-of-the-field survey becomes outdate...

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Migration and Gender in China: An Origin‐Destination Linked Approach

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Who Goes, Who Stays, and Who Studies? Gender, Migration, and Educational Decisions among Rural Youth in China

Who Goes, Who Stays, and Who Studies? Gender, Migration, and Educational Decisions among Rural Youth in China

Left behind to farm? Women's labor re-allocation in rural China

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