Gender Differences in Other Countries

1. Gender Differences in Other Countries

2. 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

3. 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

5. 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

6. Kristin Mammen and Christina Paxson

7. LFPR for Females in Different Countries:

8. LFPR for Females in Different Countries:

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18. Segregation Index

19. Segregation Index • Where Mi and Fi represent the percent of males and females working in this job category respectively • (see page 389)

21. 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

23. 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……

25. Kristin Mammen and Christina Paxson

26. Women in Government • Golda Mayer, Margaret Thatcher, are rare exception • The Dole’s • Hillary Clinton • Women of the Senate

27. Women an the Law • Credit Line • Child in Divorce • Property Rights

28. Women In Third World Countries • Women in the Maquila Industry • Microcredit • Sex Trade • Genital Mutilation • Philippine Maids • Birth Control • Regan vs Clinton approach