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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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, irrespective of gender, performed well in that their earnings were higher than those of locals in general and of co-workers in the …
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The gender wage gap increased significantly in Egypt over the last two decades, while female labor force participation …, increased import competition is associated with higher gender wage gaps and lower female employment. Increased export intensity … on the other hand is associated with a lower gender wage gap, but lower female employment. Conversely, opening up to …
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Supervisory and monitoring costs are explored to understand aspects of occupational segregation by sex. Around the turn of this century 47 percent of all female manufacturing operatives were paid by the piece, but only 13 percent of the males were. There were very few males and females employed...
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We propose an empirical analysis of testing the relationship between gender wage gap and economic growth. The study … Winter-Ebmer, 2011). Our main findings indicate that gender wage gap for high, medium and low-skilled workers is negatively …
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