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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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Impact of Digital Economy on Female Employment : Evidence from Turkey
Sovbetov, Yhlas - 2018
This paper investigates impact of e-economic activities on female employment rates in Turkey over 1994–2016. The analysis unveils three major findings. First, 80.74% of variations in female employment are accounted by e-commerce and control variables. Second, Autoregressive Distributed Lag...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012933693
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Trade Liberalization and Female Labor Force Participation : Evidence from Brazil
Gaddis, Isis - 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/10013099762
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Globalization and Social Change : Gender-Specific Effects of Trade Liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 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/10012962291
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Are women in the MENA region really that different from women in Europe? Globalization, conservative values and female labor market participation.
Fischer, Justina AV; Aydıner-Avşar, Nursel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This article aims to compare women in the MENA region with women in Europe as to how globalization affects their … Survey covering over 80 countries between 1981 and 2014, we employ three distinct indicators of globalization that reflect …, during the Cold War period economic globalization appears to weaken those conservative values that directly pertain to female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264810
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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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What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia?
Kinoshita, Yuko - 2015
Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a rapidly aging population. Though FLFP has generally been on a rising trend, the female labor force in both countries is skewed towards non-regular employment despite women's high...
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