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Changes in global trade patterns and women's employment in manufacturing : an analysis over the period of Asianization and deindustrialization
Kızılırmak, Burça; Memiş, Emel; Saraçoğlu, Şirin; … - 2014
countries in the North shift their imports to emerging economies in Asia. Decomposition results indicate that the decline in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251582
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Globalization and social change : gender-specific effects of trade liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Pieters, Janneke; Sparrow, Robert - 2017
We analyse the gender-specific effects of trade liberalization on work participation and hours of work and primary participation in domestic duties in Indonesia. We show that female work participation increased in relative terms in regions that were more exposed to input tariff reductions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612982
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Trade liberalization and female labor force participation : evidence from Brazil
Gaddis, Isis; Pieters, Janneke - 2012
While there is a large literature analyzing the distributional impacts of trade reforms across the income or skill distribution, very little is known about the gender effects of trade reforms. This paper seeks to fill this gap and investigates the impact of Brazil's 1987-1994 trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581218
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Youth labor force participation, education, and human capital in Asia, by gender, 1990-2019
Fraumeni, Barbara M. - 2023
Of great importance to the future World economy is the future labor force of Asia, as Asia is by far the most populous … between Asia and selected other regions and aggregates are also included. Gini human capital coefficients are constructed for … regions in Asia and the selected other regions and aggregates are constructed to reinforce the importance of recognizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014334973
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Youth Labor Force Participation, Education, and Human Capital in Asia, by Gender, 1990-2019
Fraumeni, Barbara M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Of great importance to the future World economy is the future labor force of Asia, as Asia is by far the most populous … between Asia and selected other regions and aggregates are also included. Gini human capital coefficients are constructed for … regions in Asia and the selected other regions and aggregates are constructed to reinforce the importance of recognizing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337769
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How women have fared with the rise of the People's Republic of China in global supply chain trade
Wang, Limin; Kanji, Shireen; Jha, Shikha; Meurs, Mieke E. - 2017
Global supply chain (GSC) trade has been a driving force underlying economic transformation, urbanization, and social change in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Female migrants account for a large share of the labor force in the country's GSC production base. Using province-level panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698611
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Recent US manufacturing employment : the exception that proves the rule
Lawrence, Robert Z. - 2017
This Working Paper challenges two widely held views: first that trade performance has been the primary reason for the declining share of manufacturing employment in the United States, and second that recent productivity growth in manufacturing has actually been quite rapid but is not accurately...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011803568
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Female labor force participation in Asia : Indonesia country study
Schaner, Simone; Das, Smita - 2016
This paper uses over 20 years of data from Indonesia's labor force survey to study trends in female labor force participation (FLFP). We find that younger women in urban areas have increased their labor force participation in recent years, largely through wage employment, while younger women in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421778
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Skills and activity upgrading in global value chains : trends and drivers for Asia
Vries, Gaaitzen J. de; Chen, Quanrun; Hasan, Rana; Li, … - 2016
This paper examines the trends in skill and activity upgrading in global value chains (GVCs) and the drivers of upgrading in Asian economies. It uses the newly constructed ADB Multi-Region Input- Output Tables as well as occupation data on jobs by educational attainment and business activities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011579588
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GVC involvement and the gender wage gap : micro-evidence for European countries
Nikulin, Dagmara; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna - 2019 - This version: August 2019
In this paper we examine the linkages between involvement into global value chains (GVCs) and the gender wage inequalities. We use merged wide-ranging Structure of Earning (SES) and World Input Output Database (WIOD) for the years 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, covering manufacturing industries of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098994