Qin Gao, Associate Professor of Social Policy and Social Work, Columbia School of Social Work

Xiao-yuan Dong, Professor of Economics, University of Winnipeg

Terry Sicular, Professor of Economics, University of Western Ontario

Moderated by Carl Riskin, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Queens College

China's economic boom, now in its fourth decade, has created an unprecedented number of employment opportunities. Yet in China as elsewhere, a gender pay gap persists, and many Chinese women continue to bear the burden of responsibility for child care, household duties, and care for the elderly. CSSW's newest professor, Qin Gao, joins with two economist colleagues, Drs. Xiao-yuan Dong and Terry Sicular, to consider factors that could help to close this gap, such as changing care arrangements and women's education. Economist Carl Riskin, author of the first two UNDP National Human Development Reports for China, provides commentary.

Co-Sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the Columbia School of Social Work, the Institute for Research on Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Columbia University, the Columbia Population Research Center, and Columbia Global Centers - East Asia.

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