Network shelter or network trap? The use of social ties and the motherhood wage penalty in China’s labour market
Published online on November 24, 2025
Abstract
Current Sociology, Ahead of Print.
Both supply-side and demand-side factors are studied to explain heterogeneity in the motherhood wage penalty. Yet, how job attainment pathways mitigate or exacerbate the motherhood wage penalty is less known. Taking the case of the Chinese labour market, ...
Both supply-side and demand-side factors are studied to explain heterogeneity in the motherhood wage penalty. Yet, how job attainment pathways mitigate or exacerbate the motherhood wage penalty is less known. Taking the case of the Chinese labour market, ...