abstract: 'This paper analyzes the differential employment impacts on women and men

  brought about by the East Asian crisis and the preceeding periods of

  boom-bust cycles and increased openness. It is found that the growth

  period in the second half of the 1980s favored male employment more than

  female employment. The economic decline due to the East Asian crisis

  reversed this process and increased male unemployment more than female

  unemployment (especially in urban areas), despite a more rapid

  displacement of women workers from the manufacturing sector. One

  contributing factor to this is the resilience of the community, social

  and personal services, and wholesale and trade sector during the crisis.

  Evidence-such as increased female labor force participation and longer

  working hours for women relative to men during the crisis-points to

  increased female employment and work hours in the labor market as a

  major coping mechanism during the crisis. The paper therefore argues

  that the boom-bust cycles in the macroeconomy are not gender neutral and

  contributes to increasing earnings and labor time disparities between

  women and men, to the detriment of the women. (C) 2000 Published by

  Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Lim, JY (Corresponding Author), Univ Philippines, Quezon 1101, Philippines.

  Univ Philippines, Quezon 1101, Philippines.'
author: Lim, JY
author_list:
- family: Lim
  given: JY
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00023-1
files: []
issn: 0305-750X
journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT
keywords: employment; gender; labor market; women; Asian crisis; Philippines
keywords-plus: STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; GENDER
language: English
month: JUL
number: '7'
number-of-cited-references: '22'
pages: 1285-1306
papis_id: da4f5de9f2331b61c7093ce1169192bd
ref: Lim2000effectseast
times-cited: '46'
title: 'The effects of the East Asian crisis on the employment of women and men: The
  Philippine case'
type: article
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usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '28'
web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
year: '2000'