Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19280 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
HWWA Discussion Paper No. 308
Publisher: 
Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWA), Hamburg
Abstract: 
The paper empirically explores the international linkages between gender inequality and trade flows of a sample of 92 developed and developing countries. The focus is on comparative advantage in labour-intensive manufactured goods. The results indicate that gender wage inequality is positively associated with comparative advantage in labour-intensive goods, that is, countries with a larger gender wage gap have higher exports of these goods. Also, gender inequality in labour force activity rates and educational attainment rates are negatively linked with comparative advantage in labour-intensive commodities.
Subjects: 
Gender Inequality
Trade
Comparative Advantage
JEL: 
J80
J70
F11
F16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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