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Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia 1992-2015

Robertson, Raymond - 2018

This paper focuses on how the forces of globalisation, specifically the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), have affected women's wages in the apparel sector in developing countries. Using household and labour force surveys from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, we find large positive wage premiums and a...

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The effects of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers: evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh

Bossavie, Laurent; Cho, Yoonyoung; Heath, Rachel - 2020

After the tragic factory collapse of Rana Plaza in 2013, both the direct reforms and indirect responses of retailers have plausibly affected workers in the Ready Made Garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh. These responses included a minimum wage increase, high profile but voluntary audits, and an...

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Mending the gap : apparel export prices and the gender wage gap in Bangladesh

Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo, Diego; … - 2022

Are the wage gains from exports specific to exporting industries, or do they dissipate throughout the economy? In the language of trade theory, are the benefits from exporting industry specific or factor specific? To analyze this question, we study the case of Bangladesh. Bangladesh was the 4th...

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Gender wage gaps and worker mobility : evidence from the garment sector in Bangladesh

Menzel, Andreas; Woodruff, Christopher - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 71 (2021), pp. 1-21

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The effects of international scrutiny on manufacturing workers : evidence from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh

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Globalization and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia

Savchenko, Yevgeniya - 2016

, of apparel employment in developing countries. This paper focuses on how the forces of globalization, specifically the … traditional trade theory (e.g., the Heckscher-Ohlin and Stolper-Samuelson theorems) to analyze the effect of globalization on … gender-based earnings. The authors find large positive wage premiums and a closing of the male-female wage gap during the MFA …

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