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Gender Inequality and Trade

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Matthias Busse
Christian Spielmann

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The paper empirically explores the international linkages between gender inequality and trade flows of a sample of 92 developed and developing countries. The focus is on comparative advantage in labor-intensive manufactured goods. The results indicate that gender wage inequality is positively associated with comparative advantage in labor-intensive goods, i.e. countries with a larger gender wage gap have higher exports of these goods. Also, gender inequality in labor force activity rates and educational attainment rates are negatively linked with comparative advantage in labor-intensive commodities. Copyright © 2006 The Authors; Journal compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Volume (Year): 14 (2006)
Issue (Month): 3 (08)
Pages: 362-379
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