The paper explores how competition from international trade affects gender wage discrimination in two open economies. According to neoclassical theory, if discrimination is costly, then increased industry competitiveness from international trade lessens the incentive for employers to...

Relative earnings for Korean women across education groups dropped substantially between 1971 and 1983. The pronounced recovery after 1983 is largely explained by a strong compression in market returns to skills.Between 1971 and 1983, Korea's mean gender earnings ratio remained virtually...