Citation

Wood A. J. Dev. Stud. 1991; 27(2): 168-189.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00220389108422191

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A simple method of measuring the impact of North‐South trade on the female intensity of manufacturing is applied to data for developed and developing countries. The results confirm that growth of exports has increased the relative demand for female labour in the South. However, there does not appear to have been a general counterpart reduction in the relative demand for female labour in Northern manufacturing, even among blue‐collar workers. There are several possible reasons for the apparent conflict between these findings and other evidence that in Northern manufacturing females have been disproportionately displaced by trade with the South.

Keywords: Human trafficking