The impact of the trade liberalization on the women work: Comparative analyzes between the South Africa and the Ethiopia with an impact of the general equilibrium calculable
oleh: Lulit Mitik, Berthomieu Claude
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Economists' Association of Vojvodina 2008-01-01 |
Deskripsi
The effects of trade liberalization on female labor depend on a country′s socio-economic and employment sector characteristics. A Gender-aware computable general equilibrium model is applied to Ethiopia and South Africa from a comparative perspective. Tariff reduction results in opposite outcomes regarding gender-based wage and labor market participation inequalities in the two countries due to their structural differences in men′s and women′s employment.