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Zveglich, Joseph Ernest, Jr.

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Economic development and the gender gap: The case of Taiwan, 1978-1992.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Economic development and the gender gap: The case of Taiwan, 1978-1992./
Author:	Zveglich, Joseph Ernest, Jr.
Description:	136 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Dwight H. Perkins.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International58-09A.
Subject:	Economics, General. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9810731
ISBN:	9780591612820

Economic development and the gender gap: The case of Taiwan, 1978-1992.
Zveglich, Joseph Ernest, Jr.

Economic development and the gender gap: The case of Taiwan, 1978-1992. - 136 p.

Adviser: Dwight H. Perkins.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1997.

This thesis consists of three essays analyzing trends in the gender earnings differential in a rapidly developing economy. During the 1980s, Taiwan's industry and export mixes shifted toward higher-skill, technology-intensive products, while lower-skill, labor-intensive industries began moving abroad. Despite improvements in women's skills and educational attainment relative to men's, the mean gender earnings ratio between 1978 and 1992 remained at 65%. This study analyzes household survey data from Taiwan's Manpower Utilization Survey to examine why rapid structural change was not accompanied by a narrowing of the gender gap.

ISBN: 9780591612820Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017424
Economics, General.

Economic development and the gender gap: The case of Taiwan, 1978-1992.
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520 $a This thesis consists of three essays analyzing trends in the gender earnings differential in a rapidly developing economy. During the 1980s, Taiwan's industry and export mixes shifted toward higher-skill, technology-intensive products, while lower-skill, labor-intensive industries began moving abroad. Despite improvements in women's skills and educational attainment relative to men's, the mean gender earnings ratio between 1978 and 1992 remained at 65%. This study analyzes household survey data from Taiwan's Manpower Utilization Survey to examine why rapid structural change was not accompanied by a narrowing of the gender gap.
520 $a In the first chapter, results from a simple supply and demand model of the labor market show the surge in female labor force participation rates depressed the growth of women's real earnings relative to men. Allowing for demand shifts from changes in the industry-occupation mix of production does not alter this finding. The results imply the gender earnings gap will continue to stagnate until labor force participation rates stabilize. The second chapter decomposes the trend in the gender earnings gap over time into four components: changes in measured and unmeasured gender-specific factors and changes in the returns to each of these factors. The results show that large losses experienced by women in unmeasured gender-specific factors offset their relative gains in education and experience. Further evidence shows the unmeasured factors cannot be attributed to declining labor force commitment or changes in unobserved skills, suggesting that wage discrimination against female workers increased over time.
520 $a The final chapter analyzes the labor market effects of social policies designed to protect female workers. Because of differences in legal coverage across industrial sectors, a polychotomous choice model with selectivity identifies the impact of both working-hour restrictions and maternity benefits on employment, earnings, and hours worked. Results indicate that working-hour restrictions have a dampening effect on women's employment and hours worked, and maternity benefits lead to a reduction in young women's wages. However, maternity benefits increase young women's labor supply, implying that women value the opportunity to return to jobs they might otherwise have to leave. Simulation results show protective measures lead to a widening gender earnings differential.
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