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This paper focuses on how the forces of globalisation, specifically the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), have affected women's wages in the apparel sector in developing countries. Using household and labour force surveys from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, we find large positive wage premiums and a...
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Women entering the industrial labour force in Bangladesh generally find themselves in low skill/low wage jobs. In fact … situation, Bangladesh has a unique opportunity to restructure its domestic apparel sector, introducing new technologies and …
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Since the early 1980s an export-oriented garments industry has mushroomed in Bangladesh, with women workers … women into the garments factories of Bangladesh also requires the consideration of the "push" factors that underpin it …. Conventional understandings of women's entry into wage employment in Bangladesh have emphasized the role played by extreme poverty …
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