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abstract: 'Recent work in gender economics has identified trade as a potential
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determinant of female labor force participation (REP). It is usually
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suggested that FLFP rises whenever trade expands those sectors which use
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female labor intensively. This paper develops a theoretical model to
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argue that, quite surprisingly, the opposite effects can occur.
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Distinguishing between female intensive sectors (FIS) and male intensive
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sectors (MIS), we show that FLFP may actually fall if trade expands EIS.
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When FIS are capital intensive, trade integration of a capital-abundant
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economy expands FIS and contracts MIS. Consequently, male workers
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migrate from MIS to FIS, diluting the capital-labor ratio in the FIS.
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Under a high complementarity between capital and female labor, the
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marginal productivity of women drops more than that of men. Thus, the
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gender wage gap widens and FLFP falls. Employment patterns in the U.S.
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following NAFTA are broadly consistent with our theory. (C) 2014
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Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Zoabi, H (Corresponding Author), 100 Novaya St, Moscow, Russia.
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Saure, Philip, Swiss Natl Bank, CH-8022 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Zoabi, Hosny, New Econ Sch, Moscow, Russia.
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Zoabi, Hosny, New Econ Sch, Urals Business Ctr, Moscow, Russia.'
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author: Saure, Philip and Zoabi, Hosny
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author-email: 'Philip.Saure@snb.ch
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Hosny.zoabi@gmail.com'
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author_list:
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- family: Saure
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given: Philip
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- family: Zoabi
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given: Hosny
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.07.003
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eissn: 1872-6089
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files: []
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issn: 0304-3878
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journal: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
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keywords: 'Female labor force participation; Gender wage gap; Home production;
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NAFTA'
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keywords-plus: 'WOMENS RELATIVE WAGES; INEQUALITY; GROWTH; SPECIALIZATION; LIBERATION;
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DYNAMICS; ENGINES; MARKET; IMPACT; POWER'
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language: English
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month: NOV
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number: SI
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number-of-cited-references: '47'
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orcid-numbers: Saure, Philip/0000-0002-9923-2965
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pages: 17-33
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papis_id: 1cc00af0541c66fe9ad0829ea273877d
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ref: Saure2014internationaltrade
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times-cited: '43'
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title: International trade, the gender wage gap and female labor force participation
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000346223900002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '58'
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volume: '111'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2014'
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