Harsh Choices: Chinese Women's Paid Work and Unpaid Care Responsibilities under Economic Reform
Harsh Choices: Chinese Women's Paid Work and Unpaid Care Responsibilities under Economic Reform
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01721.x
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发表时间：
2011-07-01
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3
通讯作者：
Dong, Xiao-yuan
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作者：
Cook, Sarah;Dong, Xiao-yuan
中国过去30年的经济改革极大地改变了市场和非市场领域的商品和劳动力分配机制。本文探讨了社会和经济趋势，加剧了对护理经济的压力，特别是对妇女在发挥其双重角色，照顾者和收入来源在改革后的中国。分析揭示了三个关键但被忽视的问题。改革进程如何重塑照顾儿童和老人的体制安排？不断变化的护理经济如何影响妇女在有偿工作和无偿护理责任之间的选择？妇女的工作-家庭冲突对妇女及其家庭的福祉有何影响？作者呼吁对社会和劳动力市场政策采取考虑到性别因素的办法，投资支持社会再生产服务，以减轻对妇女的压力。
China's economic reforms over the past three decades have dramatically changed the mechanisms for allocating goods and labour in both market and non-market spheres. This article examines the social and economic trends that intensify the pressure on the care economy, and on women in particular in playing their dual roles as care givers and income earners in post-reform China. The analysis sheds light on three critical but neglected issues. How does the reform process reshape the institutional arrangements of care for children and elders? How does the changing care economy affect women's choices between paid work and unpaid care responsibilities? And what are the implications of women's work-family conflicts for the well-being of women and their families? The authors call for a gendered approach to both social and labour market policies, with investments in support of social reproduction services so as to ease the pressures on women.