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

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...

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Main Authors:	Robertson, Raymond, Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys, Savchenko, Yevgeniya
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2020
Subjects:	WAGE PREMIUM GENDER GAP WAGE GAP MULTI-FIBER ARRANGEMENT APPAREL INDUSTRY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33144

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description	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.
format	Journal Article
author	Robertson, Raymond Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys Savchenko, Yevgeniya
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title	Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia
title_short	Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia
title_full	Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia
title_fullStr	Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia
title_full_unstemmed	Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia
title_sort	globalisation and the gender earnings gap : evidence from sri lanka and cambodia
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Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia

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