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77 lines
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abstract: 'The paper examines the level and changes in female and male
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participation rates, employment segregation and female relative to male
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wages across the world economy. It finds sufficient evidence to support
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the view that labor markets in developing countries are transformed
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relatively quickly in the sense that gender differentials in employment
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and pay are narrowing much faster than they did in industrialized
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countries. The paper evaluates the inefficiencies arising from
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persisting gender differentials in the labor market and finds them to be
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potentially significant. The estimates also indicate that the resulting
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deadweight losses are borne primarily by women while men gain mainly in
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relative terms - there are no real winners from discrimination. The
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paper concludes that growth benefits women at large, inequalities can
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have significantly adverse effects on welfare, and market-based
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development alone can be a weak instrument for reducing inequality
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between the sexes. To break the vicious circle of women''s low initial
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human capital endowments and inferior labor market outcomes compared to
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men''s, the paper proposes greater access of girls to education and of
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women to training, enforceable equal pay and equal employment
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opportunities legislation, a taxation and benefits structure that treats
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reproduction as an economic activity and women as equal partners within
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households, and a better accounting of women''s work to include invisible
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production. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights
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reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Tzannatos, Z (Corresponding Author), World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington,
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DC 20433 USA.
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World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA.'
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author: Tzannatos, Z
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author_list:
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- family: Tzannatos
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given: Z
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00156-9
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files: []
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issn: 0305-750X
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journal: WORLD DEVELOPMENT
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keywords-plus: UNITED-STATES
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '35'
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pages: 551-569
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papis_id: c39d50f54ddbe9cd01c94a50ef3d8122
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ref: Tzannatos1999womenlabor
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times-cited: '111'
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title: 'Women and labor market changes in the global economy: Growth helps, inequalities
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hurt and public policy matters'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000079844500009
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '35'
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volume: '27'
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web-of-science-categories: Development Studies; Economics
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year: '1999'
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