Do Chinese Women Face Subtle Discrimination in Job Hiring?

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10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_226How to use a DOI?

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Gender discrimination; Women’s career; Chinese job market; Pregnancy discrimination; fertility rate in China

Abstract

Gender discrimination have long been the problem that exists in the entire world, including China. However, as more and more people are focusing on the general gender discrimination, the group recognize an extension of such discrimination – pregnancy discrimination in job hiring (the discrimination that women who are pregnant or have the inclination to pregnancy receive in hiring). The possible subtle pregnancy discrimination may be one of the main causes that lead to the declining fertility rate in China. The group decided to conduct an experiment to determine whether women are receiving more subtle discrimination job hiring due to their identity as mother than men with children, men without children and women without children. Using the form of questionary and resumes, the team found that Chinese women are indeed enduring subtle discrimination in work hiring. The experiment highlights the importance to promote further equality among women. However, there are some confounding variables, like the level of patient of the HR who reads the resume, affecting the ultimate result of the study.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Youchang Wu
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/09/09
TI  - Do Chinese Women Face Subtle Discrimination in Job Hiring?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 9th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1768
EP  - 1773
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_226
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_226
ID  - Wu2023
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