Added Jan 10, 2020
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The impact of fertility relaxation on gender wage gap
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Abstract
In this paper, we study the immediate impact of fertility relaxation on the gender wage gap. We explore a 2013 policy shock that relaxed the One-Child Policy in China. Using an employer-employee matched administrative data, we show that after the policy shock, the salary of female new hires is reduced by 2.7% relative to the salary of male new hires, equivalent to a 47% increase in the gender wage gap in the data. The effect is more pronounced for female new hires aged below 35, implying the salary reduction is related to concerns about the increasing fertility of females.
Suggested Citation
Agarwal, Sumit and Li, Keyang and Qin, Yu and Wu, Jing and Yan, Jubo, The Impact of Fertility Relaxation on the Gender Wage Gap (December 20, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract= or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3507515
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