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Yueping Song

Bio: Yueping Song is an academic researcher from Renmin University of China. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rural area & Land tenure. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 49 citations.

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TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper used data from the 2010 Survey on Chinese Women's Social Status to estimate the effect of paid maternity leave on breastfeeding duration in urban China during the 1988-2008 period.
Abstract: Using data from the 2010 Survey on Chinese Women's Social Status, this contribution estimates the effect of paid maternity leave on breastfeeding duration in urban China during the 1988–2008 period. The analysis applies a policy-based identification strategy to control for the endogenous relationship between paid leave entitlements and breastfeeding decisions. Estimates show that paid maternity leave has a strong positive effect on breastfeeding duration. Specifically, if the length of paid leave increases by thirty days, then the probability of breastfeeding for at least six months increases by 12 percentage points. Between 1988 and 2008, the average length of paid leave for mothers without a college education decreased by twenty-three days, which reduced these mothers’ probability of breastfeeding for at least six months by 9 percentage points. These results support the view that paid maternity leave enhances the ability of employed women to sustain breastfeeding and call for universal paid leav...

30 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors empirically analyzed the impact of childcare costs on the labor force participation and childcare utilization of migrant and local mothers of preschool-age children in urban China, and found that the costs of childcare cost had a significant impact on the participation and utilization of mothers.
Abstract: This study empirically analyzes the impact of childcare costs on the labor force participation (LFP) and childcare utilization of migrant and local mothers of preschool-age children in urban China,...

17 citations

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TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors examined the impact of women's land rights on the incidence of domestic violence in rural China and found that women who have lost claims to contract land or have no residential land face significantly higher risks of being physically or psychologically abused by their husbands.
Abstract: In recent decades, China undertook a series of agricultural land tenure reforms to increase the security of land use rights for rural households. While these reforms boosted agricultural production, they also increased landlessness among women due to patrilocal and patrilineal customs. Utilising data from China’s Women Social Status Survey conducted in 2010, this paper examines the impact of women’s land rights on the incidence of domestic violence in rural China. The results show that women who have lost claims to contract land or have no residential land face significantly higher risks of being physically or psychologically abused by their husbands.

12 citations

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TL;DR: Zhang et al. as discussed by the authors examined the gender patterns of occupational mobility in post-reform urban China using a national representative dataset and found that women are more likely than men to undergo downward occupational changes, but are less likely to experience upward moves.
Abstract: This paper examines the gender patterns of occupational mobility in post-reform urban China using a national representative dataset. The results show there are marked gender differences in both direction and self-reported cause of occupational mobility. With respect to the direction of mobility, married women are more likely than married men to undergo downward occupational changes, but are less likely to experience upward moves. In terms of the cause of mobility, compared to married men, married women are less likely to change jobs for career development or move to a new job assigned by the employer, but are more likely to change jobs for family reasons or as a result of involuntary separation. The results also show that the public-sector restructuring has increased the incidence of downward occupational mobility, more for women than men. The analysis suggests that women are disadvantaged in the occupational mobility process by a variety of social and institutional factors.

12 citations

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01 Jun 2022
TL;DR: Findings indicate that the wages for elderly care workers, most of whom are women, were low, and that most of the elderly care institutions had difficulty generating sufficient revenue to cover operation costs.
Abstract: This paper examines the labor market conditions of the paid workforce in the health and elderly care industry in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Findings indicate that the wages for elderly care workers, most of whom are women, were low, and that most of the elderly care institutions had difficulty generating sufficient revenue to cover operation costs. The growth in employment in the health and elderly care industry has lagged other sectors, limiting the supply of high-quality services for the PRC’s growing population with health and care needs.

1 citations


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Nancy Krieger1
TL;DR: Guided by the ecosocial theory of disease distribution, key features of the specified "isms" are synthesized and a measurement schema is provided, informed by research from both the Global North and the Global South.
Abstract: Racism. Sexism. Heterosexism. Gender binarism. Together, they comprise intimately harmful, distinct, and entangled societal systems of self-serving domination and privilege that structure the embod...

184 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore studies carried out at lower levels of analysis for insights into the pathways likely to be driving these two sets of relationships and a possible explanation for their asymmetry.
Abstract: Macroeconometric studies generally find fairly robust evidence that gender equality has a positive impact on economic growth, but reverse findings relating to the impact of economic growth on gender equality are far less consistent. The high level of aggregation at which these studies are carried out makes it difficult to ascertain the causal pathways that might explain this asymmetry in impacts. Using a feminist institutional framework, this contribution explores studies carried out at lower levels of analysis for insights into the pathways likely to be driving these two sets of relationships and a possible explanation for their asymmetry.

177 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied how the work, time allocation, and health of non-migrant women are affected by the out-migration of others in their household, and found that the women left behind are doing more farm work than would have otherwise been the case.
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. This paper studies how the work, time allocation, and health of non-migrant women are affected by the out-migration of others in their household. The analysis finds that the women left behind are doing more farm work than would have otherwise been the case. There is also evidence that this is a persistent effect, and not just temporary re-allocation. For some types of women (notably older women), the labor re-allocation response comes out of their leisure.

128 citations

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TL;DR: The long march ahead of land rights for women: making the case as mentioned in this paper is a good starting point for this paper. But it does not address the issues of land ownership and control in traditional matrilineal communities.
Abstract: Preface l. Land rights for women: making the case 2. Conceptualizing gender relations 3. Customary rights and associated practices 4. Erosion and disinheritance: traditionally matrilineal and bilateral communities today 5. Contemporary law: contestation and content 6. Whose share? Who claims? The gap between law and practice 7. Whose land? Who commands? The gap between ownership and control 8. Tracing cross-regional diversities 9. Struggles over resources, struggles over meanings l0. The long march ahead.

110 citations