Reza Hasmath, Benjamin Ho and Elaine M. Liu estimate wage differentials between ethnic minorities and the Han majority in China from 1989 to 2006 in Ethnic Minority Disadvantages in China’s Labor Market? on seh.ox.ac.uk (Adapted choosen excerpts by JMM to follow) A decade after market reforms commenced in 1978, the Communist Party of China (CPC) abandoned its job assignment system. In … Continue reading
While women and racial minorities have increasingly crossed the threshold into professional service organizations, the path to the top remains elusive. Why do inequalities persist? McGinn and Milkman study processes of cohesion, competition, and comparison by looking at career mobility in a single up-or-out professional service organization. Findings show that higher proportions of same-sex and … Continue reading