Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/185281 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11821
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper focuses on how the forces of globalisation, specifically the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), have affected women's wages in the apparel sector in developing countries. Using household and labour force surveys from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, we find large positive wage premiums and a closing of the male-female wage gap during the MFA period, but smaller premiums and a widening wage gap after the end of the MFA. Our results suggest that apparel exports continued to benefit women in developing countries post-MFA.
Subjects: 
apparel
Multi-Fibre Arrangement
textile
wages
women
working conditions
JEL: 
F16
F63
F66
J21
J24
J30
J31
J81
L67
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
741.05 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.