The Gender-Biased Employment Effect of Exports: Evidence from China

Hao Chen () and Jianwei Chen ()
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Hao Chen: Institute of International Economy, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China
Jianwei Chen: MOE-UIBE of Education and Economy Research, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing 100029, China

Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities, 2014, vol. 9, issue 2, 261-284

Abstract: Traditional international trade theories believe export trade has a positive effect on employment, which means exports would increase the level of employment with no difference between genders. Based on enterprise heterogeneity, however, the new-trade theories doubt this conclusion. Using the Chinese industrial enterprise database (2006¨C2009), this paper re-examines the relationship between export volume and the level of employment, and discusses different effects of exports on the employment of different genders. We find that although exports increase the total level of employment, enterprises¡¯ exports have a prominent negative effect on the employment of women. This proves that it is hard to optimize employment structure through the promotion of foreign trade, even if it improves the overall level of employment.

Keywords: screening-matching model; enterprise heterogeneity; gender differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C51 E24 F16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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