abstract: 'This paper examines the evolution of female labor market outcomes from

  1987 to 2008 by assessing the role of changing labor demand requirements

  in four developing countries: Brazil, Mexico, India and Thailand. The

  results highlight the importance of structural change in reducing gender

  disparities by decreasing the labor demand for physical attributes. The

  results show that India, the country with the greatest physical labor

  requirements, exhibits the largest labor market gender inequality. In

  contrast, Brazil''s labor requirements have followed a similar trend seen

  in the United States, reducing gender inequality in both wages and labor

  force participation. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Rendall, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

  Univ Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.'
author: Rendall, Michelle
author_list:
- family: Rendall
  given: Michelle
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.10.005
files: []
issn: 0305-750X
journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT
keywords: 'structural change; job tasks; female employment; wage gap; Latin

  America; Asia'
keywords-plus: TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; SKILL CONTENT
language: English
month: MAY
number-of-cited-references: '23'
orcid-numbers: Rendall, Michelle/0000-0002-6499-365X
pages: 1-16
papis_id: 8326538eab6b22128685e69bb9704c92
ref: Rendall2013structuralchange
times-cited: '35'
title: 'Structural Change in Developing Countries: Has it Decreased Gender Inequality?'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000317793900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '31'
volume: '45'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
year: '2013'