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Gender Inequality in a Globalizing World

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Stephanie Seguino (University of Vermont & The Levy Economics Institute)

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Emphasis on market-friendly macroeconomic and development strategies in recent years has resulted in deleterious effects on growth and well- being, and has done little to promote greater gender equality. This paper argues that the example of East Asia states, which recognized their position as “late industrializers,” relied on a managed-market approach with the state that employed a wide variety of policy instruments to promote industrialization. Nevertheless, while Asian growth was rapid, it was not enough to produce greater gender equality. A concentration of women in mobile export industries that face severe competition from other low-wage countries reduces their bargaining power and inhibits closure of gender-wage gaps. Gender-equitable macroeconomic and development policies are thus required, including financial market regulation, regulation of trade and investment flows, and gender- sensitive public sector spending..

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Paper provided by EconWPA in its series Industrial Organization with number 0507005.

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Date of creation: 20 Jul 2005
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Keywords: gender; inequality; industrial policy; firm mobility; trade;

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L5 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy
F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution
F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare and Poverty - - - General Welfare

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