Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap
There are several theoretical reasons why globalization will have a narrowing as well as widening effect on the gender wage gap, but little is known about the actual impact, except for a number of country studies. The author provides a cross-count...
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okr-10986-138872021-04-23T14:03:20Z Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap Oostendorp, Remco H. GLOBALIZATION GLOBAL DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER WAGE DIFFERENCES WAGES WAGES & SALARIES LABOR INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION DIVISION OF LABOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENT AGGREGATE TRADE CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOWS CHANGES IN TRADE CITIES COMPETITIVE PRESSURES DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENGINEERS EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FOREIGN INVESTMENT GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROSS EARNINGS GROWTH RATE HOTELS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT PENETRATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LEISURE LIVING STANDARDS MARKET POWER MARKET STRUCTURE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NET INFLOWS OCCUPATIONS OPENNESS PER CAPITA INCOME QUALITY ASSESSMENT REGRESSION ANALYSIS TIME SERIES TRADE DATA TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MORE TRADE POLICIES URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE RATES WEALTH WORK EXPERIENCE There are several theoretical reasons why globalization will have a narrowing as well as widening effect on the gender wage gap, but little is known about the actual impact, except for a number of country studies. The author provides a cross-country study of the impact of globalization on the occupational gender wage gap, based on the rarely used but most far-ranging survey of wages around the world, the International Labour Organization's October Inquiry. This annual survey was started in 1924 and contains a wealth of information on wages and the gender wage gap. For the period 1983-99, there is information on the gender wage gap in 161 narrowly defined occupations in more than 80 countries around the world. The author finds the following: (i) The occupational gender wage gap appears to be narrowing with increases in GDP per capita; (ii) There is a significantly narrowing impact of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows on the occupational gender wage gap for low-skill occupations, both in poorer and richer countries, and for high-skill occupations in richer countries; (iii) There is no evidence of a narrowing impact of trade, but there is evidence of a widening impact of FDI net inflows on the high-skill occupational gender wage gap in poorer countries; (iv) Wage-setting institutions have a strong impact on the occupational gender wage gap in richer countries. 2013-06-12T22:45:03Z 2013-06-12T22:45:03Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3548266/globalization-gender-wage-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13887 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3256 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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GLOBALIZATION GLOBAL DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER WAGE DIFFERENCES WAGES WAGES & SALARIES LABOR INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION DIVISION OF LABOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENT AGGREGATE TRADE CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOWS CHANGES IN TRADE CITIES COMPETITIVE PRESSURES DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENGINEERS EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FOREIGN INVESTMENT GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROSS EARNINGS GROWTH RATE HOTELS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT PENETRATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LEISURE LIVING STANDARDS MARKET POWER MARKET STRUCTURE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NET INFLOWS OCCUPATIONS OPENNESS PER CAPITA INCOME QUALITY ASSESSMENT REGRESSION ANALYSIS TIME SERIES TRADE DATA TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MORE TRADE POLICIES URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE RATES WEALTH WORK EXPERIENCE |
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GLOBALIZATION GLOBAL DIVISION OF LABOR GENDER WAGE DIFFERENCES WAGES WAGES & SALARIES LABOR INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION DIVISION OF LABOR FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT SEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOR EMPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENT AGGREGATE TRADE CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL INFLOWS CHANGES IN TRADE CITIES COMPETITIVE PRESSURES DEREGULATION DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICY EMPIRICAL STUDIES EMPLOYMENT ENGINEERS EQUILIBRIUM EXPORTS FACTORS OF PRODUCTION FOREIGN INVESTMENT GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROSS EARNINGS GROWTH RATE HOTELS HUMAN CAPITAL IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT PENETRATION INCOME INCOME GROUPS INCOME LEVELS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LEISURE LIVING STANDARDS MARKET POWER MARKET STRUCTURE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES NET INFLOWS OCCUPATIONS OPENNESS PER CAPITA INCOME QUALITY ASSESSMENT REGRESSION ANALYSIS TIME SERIES TRADE DATA TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE MORE TRADE POLICIES URBAN AREAS WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISCRIMINATION WAGE GAP WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE RATES WEALTH WORK EXPERIENCE Oostendorp, Remco H. Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3256 |
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There are several theoretical reasons
why globalization will have a narrowing as well as widening
effect on the gender wage gap, but little is known about the
actual impact, except for a number of country studies. The
author provides a cross-country study of the impact of
globalization on the occupational gender wage gap, based on
the rarely used but most far-ranging survey of wages around
the world, the International Labour Organization's
October Inquiry. This annual survey was started in 1924 and
contains a wealth of information on wages and the gender
wage gap. For the period 1983-99, there is information on
the gender wage gap in 161 narrowly defined occupations in
more than 80 countries around the world. The author finds
the following: (i) The occupational gender wage gap appears
to be narrowing with increases in GDP per capita; (ii) There
is a significantly narrowing impact of trade and foreign
direct investment (FDI) net inflows on the occupational
gender wage gap for low-skill occupations, both in poorer
and richer countries, and for high-skill occupations in
richer countries; (iii) There is no evidence of a narrowing
impact of trade, but there is evidence of a widening impact
of FDI net inflows on the high-skill occupational gender
wage gap in poorer countries; (iv) Wage-setting institutions
have a strong impact on the occupational gender wage gap in
richer countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Oostendorp, Remco H. |
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Oostendorp, Remco H. |
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Oostendorp, Remco H. |
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Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Globalization and the Gender Wage Gap |
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globalization and the gender wage gap |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3548266/globalization-gender-wage-gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13887 |
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