Gender and Public Pensions in China: Do Pensions Reduce the Gender Gap in Compensation?
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Gender and Public Pensions in China: Do Pensions Reduce the Gender Gap in Compensation
This paper analyzes gender issues with respect to public pensions in China. Because provision of public pensions in China is highly fragmented, with different programs applying to different groups of people, we focus on the largest mandatory public pension program in urban China, the Urban Employees’ Pension Program. The paper uses data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (C...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainability
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su7021355