Gender Roles and Ethnic Income Inequality in Ürümchi

Xiaowei Zang (1)

1 East Asian Studies

This paper examines the effect of gender roles on earnings differentials between Han Chinese and Uyghurs in Ürümchi, China, using data from a survey (N = 1,600) conducted in Ürümchi in 2005. It finds sizable earnings differentials between Han Chinese and Uyghurs. However, the differences in income between Uyghur men and Han men fade away controlling for socioeconomic variables. No similar patterns are found among women. Earnings differentials between Uyghur women and Han women and between Uyghurs and Han Chinese disappear after the measures for family responsibilities are introduced into the earnings equation. The differences in socioeconomic status and family responsibilities between Uyghur women and Han women underlie the aggregate income inequality between Uyghurs and Han Chinese.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Xiaowei Zang. Gender Roles and Ethnic Income Inequality in Ürümchi. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2011, PP (PP), pp.1. ⟨10.1080/01419870.2011.581761⟩. ⟨hal-00719062⟩