abstract: 'We use the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey to evaluate the

  extent women are included in Myanmar''s dynamic transformation process

  and the relative barriers that prohibit their inclusion between 2005 and

  2010. Women play an active role in the labor force during a period of

  massive structural change. Their growing importance is substantiated by

  their increasing placement in manufacturing jobs near and away from

  home. Despite their increasing labor force participation, women''s

  engagement in manufacturing is negatively associated with household

  welfare. This may be a function of a gender pay gap or reflect

  households'' inability to substitute the labor of women to complete

  specific tasks related to household production. Future investments in

  surveys in Myanmar will improve our ability to identify which factors

  systematically provide an enabling environment for female labor

  participation, mobility, and improvements in well-being.'
affiliation: 'Mueller, V (Corresponding Author), Arizona State Univ, Sch Polit \&
  Global Studies, POB 873902, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA.

  Mueller, Valerie; Kirkleeng, Dylan, Arizona State Univ, Sch Polit \& Global Studies,
  POB 873902, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA.

  Mueller, Valerie; Schmidt, Emily, Int Food Policy Res Inst, Dev Strategy \& Governance
  Div, Washington, DC 20036 USA.'
article-number: 0160017620925139
author: Mueller, Valerie and Schmidt, Emily and Kirkleeng, Dylan
author-email: vmuelle1@asu.edu
author_list:
- family: Mueller
  given: Valerie
- family: Schmidt
  given: Emily
- family: Kirkleeng
  given: Dylan
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0160017620925139
earlyaccessdate: JUN 2020
eissn: 1552-6925
files: []
issn: 0160-0176
journal: INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
keywords: gender; migration; employment; structural change; Myanmar
keywords-plus: 'LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION; ECONOMIC-GROWTH; MIGRATION; INCOME;

  CONSUMPTION; EMPOWERMENT; RESPONSES; MARRIAGE; WAGES; RISK'
language: English
month: SEP
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '58'
orcid-numbers: 'Schmidt, Emily/0000-0003-0109-7687

  Mueller, Valerie/0000-0003-1246-2141'
pages: 450-476
papis_id: 03e804511c044ed57251cccb9ea1f477
ref: Mueller2020structuralchange
times-cited: '4'
title: Structural Change and Women's Employment Potential in Myanmar
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000537481700001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '43'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies; Regional \& Urban Planning; Urban
  Studies
year: '2020'