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Does union membership reduce gender earnings differentials? Evidence from employer–employee matched data in China

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  • Jing Liu
  • Chunbing Xing
  • Yuhao Ge

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This paper examines whether union membership reduces gender earnings differentials in the Chinese labour market using an employer–employee matched data set. We have three main findings. First, union membership helps reduce the gender differentials in hourly wage and monthly allowance, but not in monthly basic wage and yearly bonus. Second, ensuring that female workers receive overtime pay is one way by which union membership helps reduce the gender earnings differentials. Third, controlling for firm fixed effects reduces the effect of union membership on the gender gap in hourly wage and monthly allowance, which means that the unobserved firm characteristics might impact the effect of union membership on gender earnings differentials.

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  • Jing Liu & Chunbing Xing & Yuhao Ge, 2020. "Does union membership reduce gender earnings differentials? Evidence from employer–employee matched data in China," Pacific Economic Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 25(1), pages 102-117, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:pacecr:v:25:y:2020:i:1:p:102-117
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-0106.12299
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