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2. 1. Mind the Gap : Essays on Explanations of Gender Wage Inequality

   Author : Charlotta Magnusson; Michael Tåhlin; Charlotta Stern; Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender wage gap; labour market; occupational prestige; devaluation theory; work-family balance; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : The gender wage gap is accounted for to a substantial degree by the sex composition of occupations. The present thesis examines the mechanisms that produce this pattern. In particular, the theory of devaluation, currently the most widely accepted sociological explanation, is tested. READ MORE

4. 2. Globalization, Gender Inequality, and Firm Innovation

   Author : Olga Lark; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign ownership; internationalization; export; contract intensity; interpersonal contacts; gender inequality; gender wage gap; gender norms; gender inequality index; customer discrimination; import competition; innovation; patents; ; manufacturing capabilities;

   Abstract : This thesis comprises four self-contained papers that rely on applied micro-econometric methods to understand which factors are important in shaping the gender wage gap in globalized firms and how firms innovate when exposed to trade-induced shocks. In the first paper, we study how the within-firm gender wage gap in Sweden is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors. READ MORE

5. 3. Experience and Identity : A Historical Account of Class, Caste, and Gender among the Cashew Workers of Kerala, 1930–2000

   Author : Anna Lindberg; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cashew factories; cashew workers; experience; identity; effeminization; housewifization; dowry; marriage; breadwinner wages; gender discourses; gender ideologies; trade unions; women; gender; caste; class; Quilon; India; Kerala; Sociology; Sociologi; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia;

   Abstract : Since the 1930s female cashew workers have constituted a majority of the registered workers in the South Indian State of Kerala and today number some 200,000. This group challenged the stereotypical view of Third World women because they were organized into unions, worked in the formal sector, and were literate. READ MORE

6. 4. Trade, Innovation, and Gender

   Author : Josefin Videnord; Oskar Nordström Skans; Teodora Borota Milicevic; Andreas Moxnes; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Trade; Gender Wage Gap; Export; Import; R D; Innovation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay I (with Olga Lark): We examine whether exposure to gender inequality at export destinations affects the gender wage gap in exporting firms. We motivate the analysis through a stylized model where wages depend on worker productivity, and men have a comparative advantage when trading with gender-unequal countries due to customer discrimination. READ MORE

7. 5. Essays on Labor Market Disparities and Discrimination : Immigration, Education and Gender

   Author : Gülay Özcan; Mahmood Arai; Nabanita Datta Gupta; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Immigrants; education; employment; discrimination; gender wage gap; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : The thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. Do Host Country Educations Even Out the Playing Field? Immigrant-Native Labor Market Gaps in Sweden This study follows a cohort of students from Swedish compulsory school graduation in 1988 until 2002 to document differences in education, including grades and field of education, and labor market outcomes between immigrants and natives. READ MORE