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Studies of Maoist China have suggested that workplace gender inequality was greater in rural areas than cities. One possible explanation is that this was a result of the different institutional arrangements that governed rural and urban spaces. Another alternative is that different ideologies were associated with different types of work irrespective of institutional context. This article examines this through an analysis of teachers in Guangdong and Jiangsu. Some teachers were employed by the state in the same way that urban workers were, while others were employed by village-level administrations within communes. Levels of gender inequality were not majorly different between the two groups of teachers. In both groups there was a high degree of pay equality in comparison to other types of work. Other types of gender inequalities existed in teaching, but their effects were mitigated by the unintended consequences of structural changes in education during the Cultural Revolution.
Author(s): Lawson J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Historical Sociology
Year: 2021
Volume: 34
Issue: 4
Pages: 587-603
Print publication date: 01/12/2021
Online publication date: 18/11/2021
Acceptance date: 02/08/2021
Date deposited: 31/08/2021
ISSN (print): 0952-1909
ISSN (electronic): 1467-6443
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/johs.12354
DOI: 10.1002/johs.12354
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