Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia

Robertson, Raymond ; Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys ; Savchenko, Yevgeniya

Taylor and Francis

关键词: WAGE PREMIUM;    GENDER GAP;    WAGE GAP;    MULTI-FIBER ARRANGEMENT;    APPAREL INDUSTRY;   

DOI  :  10.1080/00220388.2019.1573986
RP-ID  :  145814

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Using household and labor force surveys from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, we find large positive wage premiums and a closing of the male-female wage gap during the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) period, but smaller premiums and a widening wage gap after the end of the MFA. Our results suggest that apparel exports continued to benefit women in developing countries post-MFA but women – both in and out of the apparel industry – are susceptible to changes in global apparel prices.