Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap
The study aims to provide insights to policy makers in measuring the impact of trade liberalization and regional integration measures on gender employment and wages. The study incorporates gender-differentiated employment and wages for selected...
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okr-10986-332332022-09-20T00:12:52Z Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap Mani, Muthukumara Gopalakrishnan, Badri Narayanan Wadhwa, Deepika REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE AND GENDER GREEN GROWTH FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER WAGE GAP CGE MODEL EMPLOYMENT The study aims to provide insights to policy makers in measuring the impact of trade liberalization and regional integration measures on gender employment and wages. The study incorporates gender-differentiated employment and wages for selected South Asian economies across sectors to identify targeted value chains and economic activities, particularly among green trade sectors. This is the first major attempt to develop a gender-differentiated data set for South Asian countries, within the widely used Global Trade Analysis Project framework, to examine the nexus between trade, green economy, and gender. Two illustrative scenarios are examined. The first scenario examines a complete tariff elimination among the Bhutan-Bangladesh-India-Nepal grouping of countries in all sectors. The second scenario involves complete tariff elimination among countries in South Asia. The results indicate that a free trade agreement signed by all countries is likely to be more beneficial compared with only some countries signing the free trade agreement. Women's employment grows faster than men's employment, as most of the sectors that benefit due to these free trade agreements are women intensive. Growth in women's employment and wages in South Asia is consistent with growth in green sectors. 2020-01-23T21:41:38Z 2020-01-23T21:41:38Z 2020-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/180551579717229058/Regional-Integration-in-South-Asia-Implications-for-Green-Growth-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-and-the-Gender-Wage-Gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33233 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9119 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia |
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REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE AND GENDER GREEN GROWTH FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER WAGE GAP CGE MODEL EMPLOYMENT |
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REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE AND GENDER GREEN GROWTH FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION GENDER WAGE GAP CGE MODEL EMPLOYMENT Mani, Muthukumara Gopalakrishnan, Badri Narayanan Wadhwa, Deepika Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap |
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The study aims to provide insights to
policy makers in measuring the impact of trade
liberalization and regional integration measures on gender
employment and wages. The study incorporates
gender-differentiated employment and wages for selected
South Asian economies across sectors to identify targeted
value chains and economic activities, particularly among
green trade sectors. This is the first major attempt to
develop a gender-differentiated data set for South Asian
countries, within the widely used Global Trade Analysis
Project framework, to examine the nexus between trade, green
economy, and gender. Two illustrative scenarios are
examined. The first scenario examines a complete tariff
elimination among the Bhutan-Bangladesh-India-Nepal grouping
of countries in all sectors. The second scenario involves
complete tariff elimination among countries in South Asia.
The results indicate that a free trade agreement signed by
all countries is likely to be more beneficial compared with
only some countries signing the free trade agreement.
Women's employment grows faster than men's
employment, as most of the sectors that benefit due to these
free trade agreements are women intensive. Growth in
women's employment and wages in South Asia is
consistent with growth in green sectors. |
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Working Paper |
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Mani, Muthukumara Gopalakrishnan, Badri Narayanan Wadhwa, Deepika |
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Mani, Muthukumara Gopalakrishnan, Badri Narayanan Wadhwa, Deepika |
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Mani, Muthukumara |
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Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap |
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Regional Integration in South Asia : Implications for Green Growth, Female Labor Force Participation, and the Gender Wage Gap |
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regional integration in south asia : implications for green growth, female labor force participation, and the gender wage gap |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2020 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/180551579717229058/Regional-Integration-in-South-Asia-Implications-for-Green-Growth-Female-Labor-Force-Participation-and-the-Gender-Wage-Gap http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33233 |
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