Economic globalization and women's employment. The case of manufacturing in Mexico.

Autor/inn/en	Villarreal, Andres; Yu, Wei-hsin
Titel	Economic globalization and women's employment. The case of manufacturing in Mexico. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Wirtschaftliche Globalisierung und Frauenerwerbstätigkeit. Produzierendes Gewerbe in Mexiko.
Quelle	In: American sociological review, 72 (2007) 3, S. 365-389Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1224; 1939-8271
Schlagwörter	Frau; Einkommensunterschied; Auslandsinvestition; Beschäftigungseffekt; Erwerbsquote; Erwerbstätigkeit; Export; Globalisierung; Multinationales Unternehmen; Produzierendes Gewerbe; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Erwerbstätiger; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; Qualifikationsstruktur; Auswirkung; Geschlechterverteilung; Quote; Mexiko
Abstract	"Sociological research has been generally critical of the effects of economic globalization on developing countries. However, greater worldwide economic integration may have created new employment opportunities for women. In this article, we examine the effect of foreign investment and export production on gender inequality in Mexico, a country that epitomizes the global shift to an open-market economic strategy. Using data from nationally representative surveys of manufacturing firms between 1992 and 2001, we find that foreign and export-oriented firms employ significantly more women at every occupational level than do nationally-owned firms producing goods for sale in the domestic market. The greater employment of women in foreign and export firms cannot be explained by these firms' higher demand for workers of lower skill levels, their size, capital intensity, production technology, wage level, use of temporary workers, or industry. Using managers' responses to survey questions regarding gender preferences in hiring, we find that managers in foreign-owned export firms have a preference for hiring women that cannot be explained by firm-level factors. This preference may account for the observed differences in female employment. Finally, using firms' payroll information to analyze the gender wage gap in manufacturing firms, we find that foreign-owned export firms discriminate against women less in terms of wages." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Befragung; Sekundäranalyse; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1992 bis 2001. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2007/4