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Gender equity and globalization: macroeconomic policy for developing countries

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 160 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 0954-1748
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1295

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Abstract

This paper reviews the evidence of gender effects of globalization in developing economies. It then outlines a set of macroeconomic and trade policies to promote gender equity in the distribution of resources. The evidence suggests that while liberalization has expanded women's access to employment, the long‐term goal of transforming gender inequalities remains unmet and appears unattainable without regulation of capital, and a reorientation and expansion of the state's role in funding public goods and providing a social safety net. This paper sets forth some general principles that can produce greater gender equality, premised on shifting economies from profit‐led, export‐oriented to wage‐led, full‐employment economies. The framework is Kaleckian in its focus on the relationship between the gender distribution of income and macroeconomic outcomes. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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