International Trade and Wage Discrimination : Evidence from East Asia

International Trade and Wage Discrimination : Evidence from East Asia

This study explores the impact of competition from international trade on wage discrimination by sex in two highly open economies. If discrimination is costly, as posited in neoclassical theory based on Becker (1959), then increased industry compet...

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Main Authors: Berik, Gunseli, Van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana, Zveglich, Joseph E., Jr.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
WOMEN WORKERS
EQUAL PAY
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK
COMPETITIVENESS
FOREIGN TRADE
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
APPAREL
ASSETS
BASE YEAR
BASIC METALS
BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
CAPACITY BUILDING
CENTRAL BANK
CLOSED ECONOMY
COAL
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
DEREGULATION
DISCRIMINATION
DOMESTIC COMPETITION
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC POLICY
ELASTICITIES
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
EMPLOYMENT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCESS PROFITS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORT ORIENTATION
EXPORT RATIO
EXPORT RATIOS
EXPORTS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
GROSS OUTPUT
GROSS VALUE
IMPACT OF TRADE
IMPORT COMPETITION
IMPORT PENETRATION
IMPORTS
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
IRON
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKETS
LEGISLATION
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
MARKET SHARES
MARKET STRUCTURE
METAL PRODUCTS
METALS
NATIONAL INCOME
OPEN ECONOMIES
OPENNESS TO IMPORTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFIT RATE
PROTECTION RATES
PROTECTIONISM
REAL WAGES
STRUCTURAL CHANGE
TRADE DATA
TRADE EXPANSION
TRADE OPENNESS
TRADE PARTNERS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE REFORM
VALUE OF EXPORTS
WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
WAGE DISCRIMINATION
WAGE GAP
WAGE INEQUALITY
WAGES
WORKERS
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
ALTERNATIVE APPROACH
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2487582/international-trade-wage-discrimination-evidence-east-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18124

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2487582/international-trade-wage-discrimination-evidence-east-asia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18124

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