Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/273643 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2022:13
Publisher: 
Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Department of Economics, Lund
Abstract: 
In this paper we study the link between globalization of firms and gender inequality. Specifically, we examine how the need for interpersonal contacts in trade and gender-specific differences in negotiations are related to the gender wage gap. Our key finding is that export of goods that are intensive in interpersonal contacts widens the gender wage gap. The effect is robust across various specifications and is most pronounced for domestic exporting firms, which do not trade within multinational corporations but with external foreign partners, where the contracting problem is most distinct. We ascribe this result to a male comparative advantage in bargaining.
Subjects: 
Export
Gender wage gap
Gender inequality
Contract intensity
Interpersonal contacts
International trade
JEL: 
J16
J31
F16
F66
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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