Importing Inequality: Trade Liberalisation, Technology and Women’s Employment

Yoko Oishi and Dainn Wie

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 2023, vol. 59, issue 3, 391-419

Abstract: We investigate the impact of trade liberalisation on female workers in manufacturing using arguably exogenous variation in Indonesia’s tariff reductions in the 1990s and 2000s. This study utilises output and input tariff changes to examine two different channels through which trade liberalisation affects women’s employment: import competition and imported goods. Our results confirm the findings of previous literature that showed that increased competition driven by a reduction in output tariffs encourages women’s employment; however, we also provide new evidence that shows that a reduction in input tariffs may hurt women’s employment. We surmise that the latter is driven by importing firms’ shifting demands for skilled workers.

Date: 2023
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