Import Competition and Gender Differences in Labor Reallocation

Hani Mansour (), Pamela Medina () and Andrea Velasquez
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Hani Mansour: University of Colorado Denver
Pamela Medina: University of Toronto

No 13608, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We study gender differences in the labor market reallocation of Peruvian workers in response to trade liberalization. The empirical strategy relies on variation in import competition across local labor markets based on their industrial composition before China entered the global market in 2001. We find that exposure to Chinese imports led to short-run declines in the employment share of women and men. However, the adverse employment effects are only persistent for women, leading to a reduction in their labor force participation. Lack of job market opportunities in the non-tradable sector act as a significant friction that prevents women from fully offsetting trade-induced displacements.

Keywords: import competition; female employment; gender discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 F14 J16 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cna, nep-gen, nep-int, nep-lab and nep-mac
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2022, 76, 102149.

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