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Gender differences in the labor market effects of the dollar

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Although the dollar has been shown to influence the expected wages of workers, the analysis to date has focused on the male workforce. We show that exchange rate fluctuations also have important implications for women's wages. The dominant wage effects for women?like those for men?arise at times of job transition. Changes in the value of the dollar can cause the wage gap between women who change jobs and women who stay on in their jobs to expand or contract sharply, with the most pronounced effects occurring among the least educated women and women in highly competitive manufacturing industries. In addition, it appears that women who stay on in their jobs show greater wage sensitivity to currency movements than do their male counterparts.

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  • Linda S. Goldberg & Joseph Tracy, 2001. "Gender differences in the labor market effects of the dollar," Staff Reports 121, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednsr:121
    Note: For a published version of this report, see Linda Goldberg and Joseph Tracy, "Gender Differences in the Labor Market Effects of the Dollar," American Economic Review 91, no. 2 (May 2001): 400-5.
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    1. Veeramani, Choorikkad & Banerjee, Purna, 2022. "Exchange rate fluctuations, labour laws, and gender differences in job flows: Analysis of manufacturing industries across Indian states," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    2. Louisa Roos, 2025. "Gender and Monetary Policy: Labour Impacts of Exchange Rate Shocks," Trinity Economics Papers tep0725, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
    3. Erten, Bilge & Metzger, Martina, 2019. "The real exchange rate, structural change, and female labor force participation," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 117(C), pages 296-312.

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    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General

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