Lingxi Chen

When Public-Sector Employment Becomes Unfriendly to Mothers: How State Control and the Market Economy Impede Mothering in State-Owned Enterprises in Post-Reform China

While prior studies portray public-sector work as mother-friendly, this study examines how the state, market and their interplay impede such work from accommodating mothering through work–family interface and gender regime theories. Drawing on an ethnography in a state-owned ente...