Essays about: "Gender and trade"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the words Gender and trade.
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6. The Rise and Fall of the First Feminist Foreign Policy : Understanding Sweden’s Unprecedented Policy Approach Between 2014 – 2022 and the Role of Norm Entrepreneurship
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : In 2014, Sweden created the first feminist foreign policy (FFP). Other states have since adopted FFPs as tools to further gender equality at a time of women’s rights regressions. Following a government shift in 2022, Sweden also became the first to dismantle the framework. READ MORE
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7. Import Competition and Gender Differences in Labor Market Responses in Mexico
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper examines the impact of increased Chinese imports in Mexican commuting zones over the period 1990-2010. We use a Bartik instrument and exploit initial differences in industry gender composition, allowing us to generate variation in local import exposure. READ MORE
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8. Trading gender equality? : Examining the impact of exposure to gender equality through trade on the gender wage gap: A European multi-country approach
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The analysis studies the spill-over effect of the gender equality of the trading partner on the gender wage gap. The aim is to contribute to the gender aspect of the literature studying the effect of globalisation on wage inequality, and especially to the very limited literature on the spill-over effect of the trading partner. READ MORE
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9. Heteronormativity of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act
University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)Abstract : The Swedish Sex Purchase Act was unique, when introduced in 1999. While it was legal to demand and collect payment for sexual services it became a crime to respond to such demands or offer payment. It is now part of Sweden’s foreign policy to ‘export’ this law, using gender equality arguments. Several countries have since followed. READ MORE
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10. When Work Disappears: Empirical Evidence from Sweden of Manufacturing Decline and its Effect on Marriage and Family Formation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This thesis examines if local labor demand shocks stemming from increasing manufacturing competition from China shifts the employment status among young adults during the years 1995 to 2018, using data on Swedish municipalities. In the context of labor market uncertainties and family formation decisions, we aim to test whether changes in economic stature affects marriage, fertility and children's living circumstances in Sweden. READ MORE