Trade Liberalization and Women's Integration into National Labor Markets: A Cross-Country Analysis

Autor/in	Meyer, Lisa B.
Titel	Trade Liberalization and Women's Integration into National Labor Markets: A Cross-Country Analysis
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 75 (2006) 1, S.83-121 (39 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-004-6399-6
Schlagwörter	Statistical Analysis; Labor Force; Vocational Education; Labor Market; International Cooperation; International Trade; Free Enterprise System; Employed Women; Sex Fairness; Global Approach; Disproportionate Representation; Integration Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistische Analyse; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Trade; International relations; Handel; Internationale Beziehungen; Freie Wirtschaft; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Sexualaufklärung; Globales Denken; Integrationsspezifische Qualifikation
Abstract	This paper examines the effects of trade liberalization and the risks associated with participation in the global trading system on women's integration into national labor markets. Using data from 1970 to 1995, I identify two global determinants of the female share of national labor markets: trade openness and transnational corporate penetration. Several local predictors of women's labor force participation are also identified. While a cross-sectional analysis indicates that women have been pulled into national labor markets as a result of neo-liberal economic reforms, more dynamic models show that these same forces can also lead to a preference for male, rather than female labor. Moreover, the analyses specify that the effects of trade openness and trade risk on female labor force participation are determined by position in the world-system and region. These results illustrate that arguments about the relationship between globalization and the feminization of the labor force, are too simplistic and neglect to account for the diverse consequences of global economic expansion on gender relations. (Author).
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