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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 …

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Changes in global trade patterns and women's employment in manufacturing : an analysis over the period of Asianization and de-industrialization

Kızılırmak, Burça; Memiş, Emel; Saraçoğlu, Şirin; … - 2014

the North shift their imports to emerging economies in Asia. Decomposition results indicate that decline in the share of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233608

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,...

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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...

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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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Robots and women in manufacturing employment

Zuazu, Izaskun - 2022

Automation transforms the combination of tasks performed by machines and humans, and reshapes existing labour markets by replacing jobs and creating new ones. The implications of these transformations are likely to differ by gender as women and men concentrate in different tasks and jobs. This...

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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 …

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Youth labor force participation, education, and human capital in Asia, by gender, 1990-2019

Fraumeni, Barbara M. - 2023

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Female labour force participation in MENA's manufacturing sector : the implications of firm-related and national factors

Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascal L. - 2013

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region falls behind several other geo-economic regions in terms of women's participation rates in the labour market. This paper examines the implications of firm-related and national factors for Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) rates in...

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Gender gaps in wages and non-monetary benefits : evidence from Ethiopia's manufacturing sector

Tigabu Degu Getahun; Fetene, Gebeyehu Manie; … - 2024

Using two rounds of panel firm- and worker-level data, this paper studies the gender gap in monetary and non-monetary compensation as well as work-related wellbeing among full-time workers in the agro-processing and leather sectors in Ethiopia. After controlling for year-fixed effects, the...

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