The Impact of Gender on the Income of Floating Population in Beijing

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10.2991/assehr.k.210121.194How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Floating population, Gender difference in income, Mincer income equation, Oaxaca- Blinder decomposition method

Abstract

Since the market-oriented reforms and the acceleration of urbanization, the number of floating population in Beijing has increased sharply. This has led to not only large-scale population migration, but also changes in gender relations and roles. Based on the 2017 Beijing population survey data, we construct multiple linear regression equations with Mincer income equation to analyse the impact of 11 variables on the income of male and female migrants. Further, we use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition method to calculate the contribution rate of each part. The results show that there are significant gender differences in the income of migrants which can be explained by individual characteristics and serious women sexism. Finally, this paper proposes two policy recommendations for enhancing women’s human capital investment and breaking institutional barriers that are not conducive to gender equity employment.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Liyang Wang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/23
TI  - The Impact of Gender on the Income of Floating Population in Beijing
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th Annual International Conference on Social Science and Contemporary Humanity Development (SSCHD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1005
EP  - 1011
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210121.194
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210121.194
ID  - Wang2021
ER  -