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Does female employment suffer from trade inequality? A case study of the EU enlargement's impact on the German labor market.

Minotte, Marine LU (2024) EKHS42 20241
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This paper analyzes the impact of trade shocks on the female labor force. The EU enlargement of 2004 entailed a potential trade shock for Germany as trade barriers fell. With an increase in export opportunities and an increase in import competition, the enlargement could have an effect on the German labor market. The analysis is a quantitative approach of a panel data analysis and ranges between 1996 and 2010. The study uses two methods, namely the gravity equation to determine whether the expansion led to some special trade relations and a simple OLS model using fixed effects to assess whether changes in trade patterns had an impact on the German labor market, focusing on female and male differences. Surprisingly, the findings yield that... (More)
This paper analyzes the impact of trade shocks on the female labor force. The EU enlargement of 2004 entailed a potential trade shock for Germany as trade barriers fell. With an increase in export opportunities and an increase in import competition, the enlargement could have an effect on the German labor market. The analysis is a quantitative approach of a panel data analysis and ranges between 1996 and 2010. The study uses two methods, namely the gravity equation to determine whether the expansion led to some special trade relations and a simple OLS model using fixed effects to assess whether changes in trade patterns had an impact on the German labor market, focusing on female and male differences. Surprisingly, the findings yield that Germany decreased its exports to the new member countries and decreased its imports from the new member countries as well. In addition, the results do not reflect any significant effects on the German labor market. (Less)
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Minotte, Marine LU
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EKHS42 20241
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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English
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9166429
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2024-08-12 10:42:56
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  abstract     = {{This paper analyzes the impact of trade shocks on the female labor force. The EU enlargement of 2004 entailed a potential trade shock for Germany as trade barriers fell. With an increase in export opportunities and an increase in import competition, the enlargement could have an effect on the German labor market. The analysis is a quantitative approach of a panel data analysis and ranges between 1996 and 2010. The study uses two methods, namely the gravity equation to determine whether the expansion led to some special trade relations and a simple OLS model using fixed effects to assess whether changes in trade patterns had an impact on the German labor market, focusing on female and male differences. Surprisingly, the findings yield that Germany decreased its exports to the new member countries and decreased its imports from the new member countries as well. In addition, the results do not reflect any significant effects on the German labor market.}},
  author       = {{Minotte, Marine}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Does female employment suffer from trade inequality? A case study of the EU enlargement's impact on the German labor market.}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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