RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Impact of Fertility Relaxation on the Gender Wage Gap
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0122-12126R2
DO 10.3368/jhr.0122-12126R2
A1 Agarwal, Sumit
A1 Li, Keyang
A1 Qin, Yu
A1 Wu, Jing
A1 Yan, Jubo
YR 2024
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2024/05/01/jhr.0122-12126R2.abstract
AB In this paper, we study the immediate impact of fertility relaxation on the gender wage gap. We explore a 2013 policy shock that relaxed the One-Child Policy in China. Using an employer-employee matched administrative data, we show that after the policy shock, the salary of female new hires is reduced by 2.7% relative to the salary of male new hires, equivalent to a 47% increase in the gender wage gap in the data. The effect is more pronounced for female new hires aged below 35, implying the salary reduction is related to concerns about the increasing fertility of females.