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Showing papers by "Yu Xie published in 2006"


Book Chapter
01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: In this article, a typology of workers based on individuals' labor market histories is developed, and a model of selective mobility of workers from the state sector to the market sector is offered as an explanation for higher earnings returns to education.
Abstract: Previous work on the market transition in reform-era China has missed the direct link between individuals' labor market history and individuals' labor market outcome. A typology of workers is developed based on individuals' labor market histories, and a model of selective mobility of workers from the state sector to the market sector is offered as an explanation for higher earnings returns to education in the market sector. Analysis of data from an urban survey in China reveals that commonly observed higher earnings returns to education in the market sector are lim-

21 citations


01 Jan 2006
TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors examined gender differences in financial support to parents provided by children using a recent dataset ("Study of Family Life in Urban China") collected in 1999 in three cities Shanghai Wuhan and Xian.
Abstract: The patriarchal structure of the traditional Chinese family suggests that sons more than daughters provide financial support to elderly parents. However the norm of receiving support in old age primarily from sons may have been undermined by dramatic demographic economic and cultural changes occurring over the last several decades in China especially in urban areas. We examine gender differences in financial support to parents provided by children using a recent dataset ("Study of Family Life in Urban China") collected in 1999 in three cities Shanghai Wuhan and Xian. In our analyses we pay particular attention to the interaction effects of gender and coresidential status. We also test three standard hypotheses for intergenerational support: the power model the exchange model and the altruism model. Interestingly the results show that married daughters especially those living with parents provide more financial support to parents than sons do. This significant gender difference can be primarily explained by daughters resources such as education and income. Our results lend empirical support to the altruism model but not to the other two models. (authors)

6 citations