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Gender Differences in Other Countries. Gender Differences in Other Countries. Measures which shed light on the differences Women’s LFPR Degree of Occupational Segregation by sex Female-male earning ratios Women’s educational attainment Fertility rate. Gender Differences in Other Countries.
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Gender Differences in Other Countries • Measures which shed light on the differences • Women’s LFPR • Degree of Occupational Segregation by sex • Female-male earning ratios • Women’s educational attainment • Fertility rate
Gender Differences in Other Countries • Measures which shed light on the differences (continuation) • The allocation of housework • Women’s role in the government • Women’s standing before the Law
Labor Force Participation Rate • There appears to be a marked difference on the LFPR of women according to the wealth of the Nation • In a work by Kristin Mammen and Christina Paxson (Journal of Economic Perspective Vol. 14, No. 4, Fall 2000 pp. 141-164) they show that LFPR decreases up to about $2,500 per capita GDP and then Increases
Segregation Index • Where Mi and Fi represent the percent of males and females working in this job category respectively • (see page 389)
Reading and Education also a Factor • Recall that at during the middle ages and well into the XIX century women were not allowed to read • Many stories in different cultures of women disguised as man to learn how to read • Recall the treatment of women under the Taliban rule where it against their law to teach women to read
FERTILITY • Clearly the more involved the woman is the act procreation the less ability she will have to participate in the labor force • The cultural aspect of fertility is an important aspect of woman’s LFPR • THE MACHO……
Women in Government • Golda Mayer, Margaret Thatcher, are rare exception • The Dole’s • Hillary Clinton • Women of the Senate
Women an the Law • Credit Line • Child in Divorce • Property Rights
Women In Third World Countries • Women in the Maquila Industry • Microcredit • Sex Trade • Genital Mutilation • Philippine Maids • Birth Control • Regan vs Clinton approach