Impacts of a Gender Ratio Change on China's Wage Income Distributions. Issue 7 (28th May 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Su, Zhi-fang; Fu, Yi-zheng; Chen, Mei-Yuan
• Is Part Of: Emerging markets finance & trade. Volume 58:Issue 7(2022)
• Page Start: 2066
• Page End: 2078
• Publication Date: 2022-05-28
• Subjects: Gender ratio -- wage income distribution -- unconditional quantile estimation; C13 -- C21 -- D31 -- J13 -- J31; Balkan Peninsula -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Balkan Peninsula -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Europe, Central -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Europe, Central -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Europe, Eastern -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Europe, Eastern -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Turkey -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Turkey -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Asia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Asia -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Commerce -- Periodicals; Eurasia -- Foreign economic relations -- Periodicals; 382.05
• DOI: 10.1080/1540496X.2021.1956899
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1540-496X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study examines the possible effects of a gender ratio change on China's wage income distributions with the unconditional quantile estimation. Using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey for 1989–2011, the unconditional wage income distributions before and after a change in gender ratio are studied graphically. The estimated wage income density functions are confirmed to be skewed to the right and leptokurtic. An increase in gender ratio increases wage income and mitigate wage income inequality. We conclude that, other things being equal, the decreasing trend in gender ratio will enhance the wage income inequality.