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GLOBALIZATION AND THE GENDER WAGE GAP

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by Remco H. Oostendorp
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@MISC{Oostendorp_globalizationand,
    author = {Remco H. Oostendorp},
    title = {GLOBALIZATION AND THE GENDER WAGE GAP},
    year = {}
}

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Abstract

There are several theoretical reasons why globalization will have a narrowing as well as widening effect on the gender wage gap, but little is known about the actual impact, except for a number of country studies. This study provides a cross-country study of the impact of globalization on the occupational gender wage gap, based on the rarely used but most far-ranging survey of wages around the world, the ILO October Inquiry. This annual survey was started in 1924 and contains a wealth of information on wages and the gender wage gap. For the period 1983-99, there is information on the gender wage gap in 161 narrowly defined occupations in more than 80 countries around the world. This study finds the following: (i) the occupational gender wage gap appears to be narrowing with increases in GDP per capita; (ii) there is a significantly narrowing impact of trade and FDI net inflows on the occupational gender wage gap for low-skill occupations, both in poorer and richer countries, and for high-skill occupations in richer countries; (iii) there is no evidence of a narrowing impact of trade, but there is evidence of a widening impact of FDI net inflows on the high skill occupational gender wage gap in poorer countries; and (iv) wage-setting institutions have a strong impact on the occupational gender wage gap in richer countries. Overall the study concludes that the occupational gender gap appears to fall with increasing economic development, trade and foreign investment, but not always. The lack of evidence of a narrowing impact of trade and evidence of a widening impact of FDI net inflows on the high-skill occupational gender gap in poorer countries show that globalization may not lower and in some instances may increase occupational gender wage gaps. This finding complements...

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