Trade and Female Labor Participation : Stylized Facts Using a Global Dataset (English)

Using a cross-section of more than 29,000 manufacturing firms in 64 developing and emerging countries from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, this paper assesses whether trading firms have a female labor share premium relative to non-trading firms. It focuses on four types of trading firms: exporters, importers, global value chain participants, and foreign firms. The study finds a female labor share premium for all four trading types, controlling...

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Rocha,Nadia;

Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth;
Document Date
2019/12/26
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9098
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2019/12/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Trade and Female Labor Participation : Stylized Facts Using a Global Dataset
Keywords
trade and investment

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Rocha,Nadia; Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth.

Trade and Female Labor Participation : Stylized Facts Using a Global Dataset (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9098 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/193111577420193090

Trade and Female Labor Participation : Stylized Facts Using a Global Dataset (English)

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