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China’s Low Glass Ceiling Threatens Growth

A sea change is rippling through many Chinese factories. A workforce once dominated by women is now increasingly male. China’s one-child policy chips away daily at its competitive advantage in manufacturing for export, first by choking the supply of labor of both sexes, then by restricting the flow of women into factory jobs. The result is a more restive male workforce, frustrated by crude management and a thick, low glass ceiling.

 

 

 

 

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Topics: 
Economy, Society
Keywords: 
Labor, Women, Demographics