We study how trade liberalization affects formal employment across gender. We propose a theoretical mechanism to … explain how male and female formal employment shares can respond differently to trade liberalization through labor …

We study how trade liberalization affects formal employment across gender. We propose a theoretical mechanism to … explain how male and female formal employment shares can respond differently to trade liberalization through labor …

This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia, with a focus on the gender … dimension of employment. By exploiting rich micro-level data on Ethiopian workers, we evaluate the effect of the Ethiopian trade … reforms on the changes and composition of employment, adopting as unit of analysis Ethiopian districts. We find that districts …

same time, India has one of the widest gender wage gaps in the world and women are less likely to be employed in the formal … in domestic markets, and how it affects relative wages and formal employment between men and women. Using the Revealed … labour force surveys that contain information on sectoral employment and earnings. We find that sectors of comparative …

effects and our results show a small negative impact to employment for both countries and a negative effect on GDP for the U …

important contributing factors explaining the gender productivity gap are firm characteristics, such as firm size, age of the …

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …

This paper investigates the effects of trade liberalisation induced labour demand shocks on informal employment in … initial differences in industrial composition across prefectural cities and then link it with the employment status of … shocks in developing countries, i.e. employment adjustment along the formal-informal dimension. …