Ladies First? Firm-level Evidence on the Labor Impacts of the East Asian Crisis

In a crisis, do employers place the burden of adjustment disproportionately on female employees? Relying on household and labor force data, existing studies of the distributional impact of crises have not been able to address this question. This pa...

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Main Authors:	Hallward-Driemeier, Mary, Rijkers, Bob, Waxman, Andrew
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABSENTEEISM ADJUSTMENT COSTS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT APPAREL INDUSTRY ATTRITION AVERAGE WAGE AVERAGE WAGES BUSINESS CYCLE COBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION CREATIVE DESTRUCTION CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC SHOCKS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT RATES ENTRY RATE FEMALE FEMALE EMPLOYEES FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FEMALE LABOR FEMALE WORKERS FEMINIST FEMINIST ECONOMICS FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FIRM EXIT FIRM GROWTH FIRM LEVEL FIRM PERFORMANCE FIRM SIZE FIRM SURVIVAL FIRM-LEVEL ANALYSIS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN-OWNED FIRMS GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER BIAS GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER GAP GENDER IMBALANCES GENDER IMPACT GENDER IMPLICATIONS GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER NEUTRAL GENDER NORMS GENDER PERSPECTIVES GENDER SEGREGATION GENDER SPECIFIC GENDER WAGE GAPS GIRLS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT HOME HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INDUSTRIALIZATION INEQUALITY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB LOSSES JOBS LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR DEMAND LABOR DISPUTES LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR REGULATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR LABOUR DEMAND LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKETS LAYOFFS LIVING STANDARDS MALE COUNTERPARTS MALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS MALE WORKERS MANUFACTURING WAGES MATERNITY LEAVE MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MULTI-PLANT FIRMS NATIONAL GOVERNMENT NET EMPLOYMENT NET JOB CREATION NET JOB LOSSES NUMBER OF PEOPLE NUTRITION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONS OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE POLICY BRIEF POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH REPORT ON GENDER POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PROPORTION OF WOMEN PUBLIC SECTOR DOWNSIZING RADIO REAL WAGE REAL WAGES RISK SHARING ROLE OF GENDER SEX SKILLED EMPLOYEES SMALL MANUFACTURING STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES STATUS OF WOMEN SURVIVAL ANALYSIS TELEVISION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WAGE TRADE LIBERALIZATION UNDP UNITED NATIONS UNPAID FAMILY WORKERS UNPAID WORKERS URBAN AREAS URBAN MIGRATION VULNERABILITY WAGE ADJUSTMENT WAGE BILL WAGE DATA WAGE DIFFERENCES WAGE EFFECTS WAGE GAP WAGE GROWTH WAGE LOSSES WAGE POLICIES WAGE RIGIDITIES WHITE COLLAR WORKERS WILL WOMEN EMPLOYEES WOMEN WORKERS WORKER WORKER HETEROGENEITY WORKERS WORKFORCE
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