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Does economic globalization trigger de‐industrialization in Western Balkan countries? : empirical evidence based on augmented mean group estimator
Cengiz, Orhan; Manga, Müge - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 4, pp. 1-21
countries have also experienced deindustrialization without attaining a high economic level in the era of globalization. Since … for Western Balkan countries. Thus, our paper analyzes the impact of economic globalization on the deindustrialization …. Deindustrialization, which refers to declining industry share, is commonly observed in developed countries. However, many developing …
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Gender and comparative advantage : feminist-heterodox theorizing about globalization
Osterreich, Shaianne T. - In: Economies : open access journal 7 (2019) 2/35, pp. 1-12
Heterodox feminist scholars have argued that global trade patterns reflect patterns of competitive advantage-rather than comparative advantage-and that that competitive advantage is gendered. Further, they have suggested that we need more theoretical and empirical scholarship in this area. This...
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Globalization, deindustrialization and the labor market experiences of Swedish women, 1950 to 2000
Korpi, Tomas; Stern, Charlotta - In: Globalization, uncertainty and women's careers : an …, (pp. 115-141). 2006
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The employment effects of technology, trade, and consumption in global value chains : evidence for developing Asia
Bertulfo, Donald Jay; Gentile, Elisabetta; Vries, … - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 39 (2022) 2, pp. 1-44
Global value chains (GVCs) have been a vehicle for job creation in developing Asia, but technology can also displace … consumption, trade, and technological progress in 16 economies that accounted for about 95% of employment in developing Asia from …
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Gender gaps in Spain : policies and outcomes over the last three decades
Guner, Nezih; Kaya, Ezgi; Sánchez Marcos, Virginia - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 1, pp. 61-103
We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in the gender gap in employment, females are still less likely to work than males: about 76 % of working age males and 63 % of working age females were employed in 2010. If females work...
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Economic development and female labor participation in the Middle East and North Africa : a test of the U-shape hypothesis
Verme, Paolo - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 3, pp. 1-21
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is known for having low female labor market participation rates compared with its level of economic development. A possible explanation is that countries in this region do not follow a U-shape relation between female participation and GDP during the...
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Gender imbalances and labor market outcomes : evidence from large-scale Mexican migration
Conover, Emily; Khamis, Melanie; Pearlman, Sarah - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-22
We study the consequences of international migration on labor market outcomes in a developing country. Specifically, we look at the case of Mexico, where large-scale international migration has led to significant declines in the male/female ratio. We explore whether this results in Mexican women...
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The child penalty : evidence from Spain
Quinto, Alicia de; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers’...
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Saudi women behavior towards the acceptance of industrial small business
Almohaimmeed, Bader; Al-Tit, Ahmad; Hasaballah, Abdel Hafiez - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 21 (2020) 1, pp. 412-419
The aim of this research was to canvass Saudi women’s opinions about behavioral beliefs, i.e., attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control on their behavioral intention and hence adopting the small business initiative. Following the descriptive method, adopting the planned...
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Mothers in Eastern and Western Germany : employment rates and attitudes are converging, full-time employment is not
Barth, Denise; Jessen, Jonas; Spieß, C. Katharina; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 38, pp. 403-410
Work and family life arrangements differed greatly between the east and west before German reunification in 1990. Since reunification, however, the employment rates of mothers with children requiring childcare have converged. This trend is accompanied by a growing approval of maternal...
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