We study how trade liberalization affects formal employment across gender. We propose a theoretical mechanism to …

We study how trade liberalization affects formal employment across gender. We propose a theoretical mechanism to …

renewed interest in the effects of trade liberalization on labor markets and on the gender division of labor. Cunningham does … reform period in Argentina, Brazil, and Costa Rica.Cunningham first compares the gender composition of the formal, informal ….The author then considers the distribution across sectors within each gender group to identify whether men and women are more …

This study examines the relationship between trade liberalization, gender inequality and economic development in 18 … relationship among variables. The results of the study suggest that trade openness and gender inequality in education and … keeping in view the importance of trade openness and gender equality for economic development, this study is useful to suggest …

by gender to the exposure to tariff reductions on locally imported products. Our empirical results show that increasing … import competition has kept more females in the workforce, reducing an otherwise growing gender employment gap in the long … pressures contributed to a general expansion of female-intensive industries, a shift in sectoral gender segregation, reductions …