Title: What Drives the Decline in Female Labor Supply in Urban China?

Speaker: Qian Pengzhan, Research Fellow at IZA and Royal Holloway College, University of London; Ph.D. Queen Mary University of London. Research areas: macroeconomics, labor and development economics.

Abstract: Urban China’s female labor force participation fell by 10 percentage points from 1989 to 2009. A life-cycle model shows that the widening gender pay gap explains 56% of this decline among non-college women. Childcare costs and assortative mating also contribute, while lower fertility partly offsets the drop.

Date & time: 25 December 2024, 10:00 – 12:00

Venue: B438, Zhixin Building, Central Campus, Shandong University