ECON 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Children International, Occupational Segregation, Social Forces
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Wednesday, november 30, 2016 week 14 day 1. Globalization is a feminist issue: workers in the producing countries are subject to hazardous working conditions, low pay, and long hours (sweatshops) Majority of the workers in these factories are women and children. International trade today: technology makes communication instantaneous, lower transportation costs, relocation of manufacturing operations can be based on wages and politics, mobility of capital. Reduces power of workers to bargain for better conditions: politics: advocate free market (little to no regulation) Economic status of the worlds women: overview: useful measures of gender equality: Role in government and standing before the law: labor force participation. Women"s participation is high during stage of substance agriculture and home production. Declines when production moves away from the household, and women are often discouraged from doing manual labor. Once education and white collar jobs become more prevalent, women"s labor force participation rises again: labor force participation.
