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Gender equity and globalization: Macroeconomic policy for developing countries

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Seguino, Stephanie
Grown, Caren

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This paper reviews the evidence of gender effects of globalization in developing economies. It then outlines a set of macroeconomic and trade policies to promote gender equity in the distribution of resources. The evidence suggests that while liberalization has expanded women’s access to employment, the long-term goal of transforming gender inequalities remains unmet and appears unattainable without regulation of capital, and a reorientation and expansion of the state’s role in funding public goods and providing s a social safety net. This paper sets forth some general principles that can produce greater gender equality, premised on shifting economies from profit-led, export-oriented to wage-led, full-employment economies. The framework is Kaleckian in its focus on the relationship between the gender distribution of income and macroeconomic outcomes.

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Paper provided by University Library of Munich, Germany in its series MPRA Paper with number 6540.

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Keywords: gender income distribution well-being industrial policy foreign direct investment trade macroeconomic policy.

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F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
O11 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
O2 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy
J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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