Comments on: Premature Deindustrialization and the Defeminization of Labor

By: Gunseli Berik

Gunseli Berik — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 19:07:37 +0000

In reply to jpellg.

A note–the “feasibility” question, as well as the “how to” question, is a question of politics.

P.S. The “Defeminization” hyperlink in the blog takes to the WP by Tejani & Milberg.

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By: jpellg

jpellg — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:44:16 +0000

In reply to Gunseli Berik.

Thank you for your comment. We actually do cite the 2016 version of Tejani and Milberg in the paper. Will look at your work that you have suggested!

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By: Gunseli Berik

Gunseli Berik — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 13:05:13 +0000

Very interesting research; will take a closer look at the paper. A quick note. While Tejani and Milberg’s evidence for defeminization is strong, the male bias of industrial upgrading can be counteracted by proactive labor market policies that train women as well as men for the emerging jobs and complemented by industrial policy that supports productivity gains (unit cost reductions) in complementary areas (infrastructure) so that wage gains in manufacturing do not generate job losses, predominantly for women. This argument is a take on what needs to happen by Seguino & Grown (2006), cited in the blog, and developed in Berik & Rodgers (JID 2010) and Berik (SCID 2017) for the case of Bangladesh.

P.S. the final version of Tejani & Milberg (2010) was published in Feminist Economics (2016)

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