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dc.contributor.authorFeng, Xiliang
dc.contributor.authorCooke, Fang Lee
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Chenhui
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-09T04:15:29Z
dc.date.available2021-03-09T04:15:29Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0022-1856en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0022185620930050en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/403000
dc.description.abstractAlthough equal pay for equal work has been clearly incorporated in the law in China for several decades, its implementation faces considerable impediments. This article investigates how labour market transformation and state sector reform in China have led to new forms of labour market segmentation that have undermined gender equality and created barriers to upholding the equal pay for equal work principle. Using the dual-track employment and remuneration system in the public sector as an example, the analysis illustrates the absence of implementation mechanisms or a remedial channel to support this principle in the Chinese context. It shows how the values and norms used in wage-setting in China impede the implementation of equal pay for equal work and in turn its extension to the notion of work of equal value mandated by the International Labour Organization in its Equal Remuneration Convention. It concludes that unless fundamental changes take place at the institutional level with strong state intervention, the International Labour Organization principle will remain a high-level inspiration rather than an enforceable law that could benefit those who are disadvantaged in the labour market.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewedYesen_US
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom679en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto702en_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue4en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Industrial Relationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume62en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied Economicsen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Managementen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLawen_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1402en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503en_US
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1801en_US
dc.titleThe state as regulator? The ‘dual-track’ system of employment in the Chinese public sector and barriers to equal pay for equal worken_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articlesen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFeng, X; Cooke, FL; Zhao, C, The state as regulator? The ‘dual-track’ system of employment in the Chinese public sector and barriers to equal pay for equal work, Journal of Industrial Relations, 2020, 62 (4), pp. 679-702en_US
dc.date.updated2021-03-09T04:11:57Z
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gro.griffith.authorCooke, Fang L.


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