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global financial markets enables capital owners to invest abroad, thereby fostering unemployment at the extensive industry … margin. Whether a country benefits from FDI in terms of unemployment depends on the respective country's net-FDI, measured as … the difference between in- and outward FDI. The derived FDI and unemployment nexus is tested employing macroeconomic data …
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facilitates the analysis of skill-specific institutional changes. A government can influence wages and unemployment of the low … at home and abroad irrespective of their level of skill. -- FDI ; globalization ; search unemployment ; labor market …
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The objective of this study is to explore the gender dynamics of globalization and human development at the individual … regards the gender perspective, the effect of environmental globalization on human development is stronger for females than … their human development and achieve a more equitable society (in terms of gender equality) in the era of globalization …
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This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …
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effects on growth and well-being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …
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of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as “work” done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with …. We also need to go beyond standard models to interpret the intrahousehold gender inequities. We do not gain much insight … home. We need a concerted move toward sensitization of gender issues and scrutiny entailing a gender audit at every level …
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This study explores the effects of globalization on gender inequality. Specifically, we depict that, in terms of … capital market integration, globalization alters the gender gap in wage rates through changes in labor demand for capital …
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effects on growth and well-being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example … growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries … that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014063391
In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … controlling for other factors that affect female businesses uniformly across all markets. We provide evidence that gender … inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581370
In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … controlling for other factors that affect female businesses uniformly across all markets. We provide evidence that gender … inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015055768