Gender composition and market structure in Hong Kong
Document Type
Book chapter
Source Publication
Product market structure and labor market discrimination
Publication Date
1-1-2006
First Page
81
Last Page
100
Publisher
Albany
Abstract
This chapter uses original data to examine the connection between the gender composition of firms’ employees and the market structure in which those firms operate. We were involved in the collection of the data and it has not been previously used for this purpose. We argue that Hong Kong just prior to the establishment of the Special Administrative Region provides an interesting test case and that the results reflect a highly flexible and deregulated labor market. As such, the findings from Hong Kong are not just one more data point but rather evidence from an environment more closely fitting the ideal of the neoclassical economist.
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2006 State University of New York
Additional Information
ISBN of the source publication: 9780791466230
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Heywood, J. S., & Wei, X. (2006). Gender composition and market structure in Hong Kong. In J. S. Heywood, & J. H. Peoples (Eds.), Product market structure and labor market discrimination (pp. 81-100). State University of New York Press: Albany.