Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar
We use the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey to evaluate the extent women are included in Myanmar’s dynamic transformation process and the relative barriers that prohibit their inclusion between 2005 and 2010. Women play an active role in the labor force during a period of massive struct...
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| author | Mueller, Valerie Schmidt, Emily Kirkleeng, Dylan |
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| description | We use the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey to evaluate the extent women are included in Myanmar’s dynamic transformation process and the relative barriers that prohibit their inclusion between 2005 and 2010. Women play an active role in the labor force during a period of massive structural change. Their growing importance is substantiated by their increasing placement in manufacturing jobs near and away from home. Despite their increasing labor force participation, women’s engagement in manufacturing is negatively associated with household welfare. This may be a function of a gender pay gap or reflect households’ inability to substitute the labor of women to complete specific tasks related to household production. Future investments in surveys in Myanmar will improve our ability to identify which factors systematically provide an enabling environment for female labor participation, mobility, and improvements in well-being. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1426502024-10-25T07:57:46Z Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar Mueller, Valerie Schmidt, Emily Kirkleeng, Dylan structural adjustment gender employment migration workforce women We use the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey to evaluate the extent women are included in Myanmar’s dynamic transformation process and the relative barriers that prohibit their inclusion between 2005 and 2010. Women play an active role in the labor force during a period of massive structural change. Their growing importance is substantiated by their increasing placement in manufacturing jobs near and away from home. Despite their increasing labor force participation, women’s engagement in manufacturing is negatively associated with household welfare. This may be a function of a gender pay gap or reflect households’ inability to substitute the labor of women to complete specific tasks related to household production. Future investments in surveys in Myanmar will improve our ability to identify which factors systematically provide an enabling environment for female labor participation, mobility, and improvements in well-being. 2020-07-01 2024-05-22T12:10:49Z 2024-05-22T12:10:49Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142650 en Limited Access SAGE Publications Mueller, Valerie; Schmidt, Emily; and Kirkleeng, Dylan. 2020. Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar. International Regional Science Review 43(5): 450-476. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160017620925139 |
| spellingShingle | structural adjustment gender employment migration workforce women Mueller, Valerie Schmidt, Emily Kirkleeng, Dylan Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar |
| title | Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar |
| title_full | Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar |
| title_fullStr | Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar |
| title_short | Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar |
| title_sort | structural change and women s employment potential in myanmar |
| topic | structural adjustment gender employment migration workforce women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142650 |
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