Structural change in developing countries: Has it decreased gender inequality?

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This paper examines the evolution of female labor market outcomes from 1987 to 2008 by assessing the role of changing labor demand requirements in four developing countries: Brazil, Mexico, India and Thailand. The results highlight the importance of structural change in reducing gender disparities by decreasing the labor demand for physical attributes. The results show that India, the country with the greatest physical labor requirements, exhibits the largest labor market gender inequality. In contrast, Brazil's labor requirements have followed a similar trend seen in the United States, reducing gender inequality in both wages and labor force participation.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 77

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Demand and Supply of Labor: General ; Labor Demand ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
• Subject: Structural Change ; Job Tasks ; Female Employment ; Wage Gap ; Latin America ; Asia ; Erwerbstätigkeit ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Lohndifferenzierung ; Geschlecht ; Asien ; Lateinamerika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Rendall, Michelle
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Zurich, Department of Economics
• (where): Zurich
• (when): 2012

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.5167/uzh-62477
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77570
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET