We examine whether exposure to gender inequality at export destinations affects the gender wage gap in exporting firms … advantage when trading with gender-unequal countries due to customer discrimination. Empirically, we use high-quality matched … employer- employee data from Sweden and calculate how exposed firms are to country-level gender inequality through their export …

In this paper we study the link between globalization of firms and gender inequality. Specifically, we examine how the … need for interpersonal contacts in trade and gender-specific differences in negotiations are related to the gender wage gap …. Our key finding is that export of goods that are intensive in interpersonal contacts widens the gender wage gap. The …

potential endogeneity, we use instruments based on world supply shocks for both the internal and external measures of offshoring …

might lead to higher job-to-job mobility if increased globalization increases both the share of exporters as well as the …

In this paper, we study foreign ownership as a vehicle for transferring gender norms across international borders …. Specifically, we analyze how the wage differential between men and women in Swedish firms is affected by the degree of gender … inequality in the home country of foreign investors. The results suggest that gender norms of the home country matter—the gender …

We study the impact of early socialization on gender inequality in the labor market. To this end, we link the gender … age earn more later on, leading to a reduction in the gender wage gap. We explore mechanisms and find that women exposed … to a more female-dominated environment select into less gender-stereotypical occupations with higher wage potential. The …

The process of economic globalization has winners and losers. Iran's carpet industry provides a good illustration of …

This paper studies the effect of firms'export activity on the gender wage gap among its workers. Using matched employer …, which reinforces female comparative advantage and reduces (widens) the gender wage gap in white-collar (blue …

the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …