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How women have fared with the rise of the People's Republic of China in global supply chain trade
Wang, Limin; Kanji, Shireen; Jha, Shikha; Meurs, Mieke E. - 2017
Global supply chain (GSC) trade has been a driving force underlying economic transformation, urbanization, and social change in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Female migrants account for a large share of the labor force in the country's GSC production base. Using province-level panel...
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The effects of international trade on gender inequality : women carpet weavers of Iran
Karimi, Zahra (contributor) - 2008
The process of economic globalization has winners and losers. Iran’s carpet industry provides a good illustration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772172
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Modelling the Effects of Trade on Women, at Work and at Home
Fontana, Marzia; Wood, Adrian - 2000
Foreign trade affects women's wages and jobs, their household work, and their leisure. This paper develops a model which covers not only all the sectors of the market economy, but also social reproduction and leisure activities, for women and men separately. The model, which in other respects is...
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The Effects of International Trade on Gender Inequality : Women Carpet Weavers of Iran
Karimi, Zahra - 2008
The process of economic globalization has winners and losers. Iran's carpet industry provides a good illustration of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014216478
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How does Globalization affect Women in Bangladesh? A Qualitative Approach
Dhar, Soma - 2022
This study aims to investigate the qualitative analysis of the positive and negative effects of globalization on women … in Bangladesh. While globalization has led to significant changes in the world economy, it has also altered in important … terms with men since women were less equipped in terms of education and skills. While globalization has brought women into …
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Economic Globalization and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh- An Econometric Approach
Dhar, Soma - 2022
This study aims to investigate an extensive evaluation of the relationship between economic globalization and women … globalization. The research examines econometrically whether economic globalization such as export-GDP ratio and FDI influence FLFPR …
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Integrating rquality : globalization, women's rights, son preference and human trafficking
Cho, Seo-young - 2011
Employing economic and social globalization indicators, we empirically analyze whether globalization affects women … social globalization positively affects both women's economic and social rights, while the impact of economic globalization … disappears when controlling for social globalization. Furthermore, we find that social globalization also reduces "son preference …
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Integrating Equality - Globalization, Women’s Rights, and Human Trafficking
Cho, Seo-Young - 2016
This paper empirically investigates whether globalization can improve women's rights. Using panel data from 150 … countries over the 1981-2008 period, I find that social globalization positively affects women's economic and social rights …. When controlling for social globalization however, economic globalization does not have any effect on women's rights …
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Female say on income and child outcomes : evidence from Nigeria
Ngenzebuke, Rama Lionel - 2016
This paper delves into the effect of female bargaining power on child education and labor outcomes in Nigeria. Female bargaining power is proxied by female say on labor income, rather than by female income per se. This is motivated by the fact female labor force participation might be low in...
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Employment vs. homestay and the happiness of women in the South Caucasus
Torosyan, Karine; Pignatti, Norberto - 2020
Modern women often face an uneasy choice: dedicating their time to reproductive household work, or joining the workforce and spending time away from home and household duties. Both choices are associated with benefits, as well as non-trivial costs, and necessarily involve some trade-offs,...
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