We examine whether exposure to gender inequality at export destinations affects the gender wage gap in exporting firms … employer- employee data from Sweden and calculate how exposed firms are to country-level gender inequality through their export … destinations. Although increased export intensity on average leads to a wider within-firm gender wage gap, the effect is entirely …

. Our key finding is that export of goods that are intensive in interpersonal contacts widens the gender wage gap. The …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 …

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 …

This paper studies the effect of firms'export activity on the gender wage gap among its workers. Using matched employer …-employee data from Germany for the period be- tween 1993 and 2007, we show that an increase in a firm's export widens the wage gap …, which reinforces female comparative advantage and reduces (widens) the gender wage gap in white-collar (blue …

of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as work done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the … also need to go beyond standard models to interpret the intrahousehold gender inequities. We do not gain much insight from … concerted move toward sensitization of gender issues and scrutiny entailing a gender audit at every level of activity. This may …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the … the changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender … mitigated and/or the gender gap in unobserved skills was reduced. Between 1981 and 1991 there is a small increase in the gender …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the … the changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender … mitigated and/or the gender gap in unobserved skills was reduced. Between 1981 and 1991 there is a small increase in the gender …

international data set on the gender wage gap, which is constructed via a meta-analysis of existing studies. The findings show that … both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …