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The Gender-Biased Employment Effect of Exports: Evidence from China

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  • Hao Chen

    (Institute of International Economy, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China)

  • Jianwei Chen

    (MOE-UIBE of Education and Economy Research, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China)

Abstract

Traditional international trade theories believe export trade has a positive effect on employment, which means exports would increase the level of employment with no difference between genders. Based on enterprise heterogeneity, however, the new-trade theories doubt this conclusion. Using the Chinese industrial enterprise database (2006¨C2009), this paper re-examines the relationship between export volume and the level of employment, and discusses different effects of exports on the employment of different genders. We find that although exports increase the total level of employment, enterprises¡¯ exports have a prominent negative effect on the employment of women. This proves that it is hard to optimize employment structure through the promotion of foreign trade, even if it improves the overall level of employment.

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  • Hao Chen & Jianwei Chen, 2014. "The Gender-Biased Employment Effect of Exports: Evidence from China," Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, Higher Education Press, vol. 9(2), pages 261-284, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:fec:journl:v:9:y:2014:i:2:p:261-284
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    1. Chen, Hao & Zhao, Chunming & Yu, Wence, 2017. "Continued export trade, screening-matching and gender discrimination in employment," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 88-100.

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    Keywords

    screening-matching model; enterprise heterogeneity; gender differences;
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    JEL classification:

    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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