TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender and trade aspects of labour markets
AU - Papyrakis, Elissaios
AU - Verschoor, Arjan
AU - Covarrubias, Arlette
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - We provide a comprehensive up-to-date review of the large body of theory and evidence on the linkages between trade liberalisation and gender inequality in income, as well as two of the latter's key underlying determinants: wages and employment. On balance, the evidence for developing countries points to an overall beneficial impact of trade expansion on female employment, both relative to male employment and in absolute terms, although largely concentrated in unskilled manufacturing. By contrast, the bulk of the evidence suggests a widening gender wage gap as a result of freer trade.
AB - We provide a comprehensive up-to-date review of the large body of theory and evidence on the linkages between trade liberalisation and gender inequality in income, as well as two of the latter's key underlying determinants: wages and employment. On balance, the evidence for developing countries points to an overall beneficial impact of trade expansion on female employment, both relative to male employment and in absolute terms, although largely concentrated in unskilled manufacturing. By contrast, the bulk of the evidence suggests a widening gender wage gap as a result of freer trade.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857334829&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2011.561324
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2011.561324
M3 - Article
VL - 48
SP - 81
EP - 98
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
SN - 0022-0388
IS - 1
ER -