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abstract: 'Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the differences in the
effects of gender equality legislation on employment outcomes among
female and male workers in industries with different intensity of
foreign investment (namely, foreign direct investment (FDI)-intensive
industries and non-FDI-intensive industries). The specific employment
outcomes that were studied to compare the effects of the legislation are
the working hours, employment opportunities, and wages of female and
male workers in Taiwan.
Design/methodology/approach - Using data from the annual Manpower
Utilization Survey, the authors applied a
differences-in-differences-in-differences estimation method to test the
effect of gender equality legislation on employment outcomes. By using
multinomial logit, the authors measured the effect of the legislation on
employment opportunities. To correct for simultaneity and selectivity
problems/biases, the authors adopted Heckman two-stage selection
procedures. Likewise, the authors used weighted least squares to solve
heteroskedasticity in the wage and working hour equations. Further, the
instrumental variable (IV) method was used to correct for simultaneity
bias in the equation on working hour. The authors applied three stages
estimation method following Killingsworth''s (1983) approach to measure
the effect of the legislation on wages and working hours.
Findings - The authors found the restrictions enforced by the gender
equality legislation (namely the Gender Equal Employment Act (GEEA),
enacted in 2002) in Taiwan to have made certain impact on the workers''
working conditions in FDI-intensive industries. The major finding
indicated that in a country like Taiwan, where the legislature tried
tilling the perpetual gender gap in its labour market, by passing a law
to counter inequality, could finally narrow the gender gap in wages
among workers in the FDI-intensive industries. Although initially after
the enactment of the GEEA (between 2002 and 2004), the gender gap in
part-timers'' wages has widened, yet over a period of time the gap in
their wages too has narrowed down, particularly during 2005-2006. The
legislation, however, could not improve the job opportunities for
full-time female workers'' in FDI-intensive industries. Besides, post
2002, the female workers were found to have worked for shorter hours
than male workers, which according to us, could be largely attributed to
the enforcement of the GEEA.
Practical implications - An in-depth analysis of the labour market
effects of gender equality legislation should be useful to policymakers,
especially those interested in understanding the impact of legislative
measures and policy reforms on labour market and employment outcomes
across industry types. If enforcement of a gender equality legislation
has succeeded in reducing the gender gap more in one set of industries
than the others (e.g. foreign owned instead of domestic industries), as
the authors noticed in this study, then the same should have a bearing
on revamping of future enactment and enforcement too.
Originality/value - Current study findings would not only provide the
broad lessons to the policymakers in Taiwan, but the results that have
emerged from a country case study could be referred by other growing
economies who are enthusiastic about improving female workers'' working
conditions through legislative reforms.'
affiliation: 'Lai, YC (Corresponding Author), Shih Chien Univ, Dept Finance, Kaohsiung,
Taiwan.
Lai, Yu-Cheng, Shih Chien Univ, Dept Finance, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Sarkar, Santanu, XLRI Xavier Sch Management, Dept Human Resources Management, Jamshedpur,
Bihar, India.'
author: Lai, Yu-Cheng and Sarkar, Santanu
author-email: br00846@yahoo.com
author_list:
- family: Lai
given: Yu-Cheng
- family: Sarkar
given: Santanu
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/IJM-08-2015-0133
eissn: 1758-6577
files: []
issn: 0143-7720
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANPOWER
keywords: FDI; Gender equality; Gender gap; Labour market outcomes
keywords-plus: WAGES; WORK
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '24'
orcid-numbers: 'Sarkar, Santanu/0000-0002-1463-2258
Sarkar, Santanu/0000-0002-1463-2258
, ./0000-0002-1463-2258'
pages: 160-179
papis_id: d3112b080c57c77a9490c48a5585ed65
ref: Lai2017genderequality
researcherid-numbers: 'Sarkar, Santanu/AAR-8982-2020
Sarkar, Santanu/Q-9170-2019
, ./ABA-6247-2021'
times-cited: '5'
title: Gender equality legislation and foreign direct investment Evidence from the
labour market of Taiwan ROC
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000401027000003
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '21'
volume: '38'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor; Management
year: '2017'