Essays about: "Gender and trade"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 62 essays containing the words Gender and trade.

  1. 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)

    Author : Hanna Walfridsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist Foreign Policy; Norm Entrepreneurship; Gender; WPR; Sweden;

    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

  3. 7. Import Competition and Gender Differences in Labor Market Responses in Mexico

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Clara Magnusson; Viktoria Piirainen; [2023]
    Keywords : Trade Shock; Labor Market Effects; Bartik Instrument; Gender Differences; Mexico;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 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 institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Rieschel; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender wage gap; gender economics; gender equality; international trade;

    Abstract : 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

  5. 9. Heteronormativity of the Swedish Sex Purchase Act

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Author : Oscar Swartz; [2022]
    Keywords : prostitution; male sex work; MSM; sex regulation; sex legislation; Swedish model; Nordic model; feminist foreign policy; radical feminism; sexköp; sexarbete; sexköpslagen; manlig prostitution; heteronormativitet;

    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

  6. 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 nationalekonomi

    Author : Mika Lindgren; Sara Östros; [2022]
    Keywords : Bartik instrument; labor market shocks; import competition; marriage; fertility;

    Abstract : 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