Arbeitspapier

Gender, informal employment and trade liberalization in Mexico

We study how trade liberalization affects formal employment across gender. We propose a theoretical mechanism to explain how male and female formal employment shares can respond differently to trade liberalization through labor reallocation across tradable and non-tradable sectors. Using Mexican data over the period 1993-2001, we find that tariff cuts increase the probability of working formally for both men and women within 4-digit manufacturing industries. The formalization of jobs within tradable sectors is driven by large firms. Constructing a regional tariff measure, we find that regional exposure to trade liberalization increases the probability of working formally in the manufacturing sector for both men and women, and especially for men. However in the service sectors, the probability of working formally decreases for low-skilled women.

Sprache
Deutsch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 18-028

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Neoclassical Models of Trade
Trade and Labor Market Interactions
Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Thema
formal and informal labor
gender
trade liberalization
Mexico

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ben Yahmed, Sarra
Bombarda, Pamela
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2018

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ben Yahmed, Sarra
  • Bombarda, Pamela
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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