Trade Reform and Gender in Mozambique

Channing Arndt, Sherman Robinson and Finn Tarp

Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2006, vol. 32, 73-89

Abstract: This paper uses an economywide model to study the impact of trade policy reform on male and female labor in Mozambique. The model disaggregates factor markets by skill and gender, and incorporates links between trade reform, product prices and wages by gender. The model also includes a detailed treatment of production technology and import protection, and is linked to a top-down microsimulation model of households. We find that trade policy has only a modest effect on gender wage differentials, and conclude that policy concerns with gender imbalances should focus on skill upgrading and sectoral mobility rather than on trade policy.

JEL-codes: D58 O24 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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