The effects of structural change and economic liberalisation on gender wage differentials in South Korea and Taiwan

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-459

  Seguino, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Capital mobility; Export led growth; FDI; Gender; Gender wage differentials

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LIBERALIZATION; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; WAGE;

SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033930075     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/24.4.437     Document Type: Article

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