Description: Gender, Time Use, and Change : The Impact of the Cut Flower Industry in Ecuador

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Gender, Time Use, and Change : The Impact of the Cut Flower Industry in Ecuador

This article uses survey data from Ecuador to examine the effects of women's employment on the allocation of paid and unpaid labor within the household. The reader compares a region with high demand for female labor with a similar region in wh...

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Main Author:	Newman, Constance
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
Subjects:	BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BASIC EDUCATION BULLETIN COMPLICATIONS CULTURAL CHANGE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION DIVISION OF LABOR DIVORCE ELDERLY EMPLOYMENT FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY RELATION FAMILY RELATIONS FEMALE FEMALE HEAD FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD FEMALE HEADS FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD FEMALE LABOR FEMALES FEMINIST FEMINIST ECONOMICS FERTILITY FEWER CHILDREN GENDER GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIFFERENTIALS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUALITY IN RIGHTS GENDER ROLE GENDER ROLES HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOMES HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD TASKS HOUSEHOLD WORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUSBAND HUSBANDS INCOME INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE LABOR ALLOCATION LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR STATISTICS LABOR SUPPLY LAND TENURE LAWS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL ECONOMY MARITAL STATUS MARKET WAGES MARRIED COUPLES MARRIED MALE MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MIGRANT MIGRANTS MODERNIZATION MOTHER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN PARENTHOOD PARENTS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC POLICY RATIO OF WOMEN RECREATION REGIONAL POLICY RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL AREAS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LABOR SECONDARY EDUCATION SINGLE MEN SINGLE WOMEN SMALLER FAMILIES SOCIAL NORMS SPOUSE SPOUSES TRADE LIBERALIZATION WAGE DIFFERENCES WAGE INCREASES WAGE STRUCTURE WAGES WIFE WIVES WOMAN WORKFORCE WORKING HOURS WORKING WOMEN YOUNG ADULTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/17741924/gender-time-use-change-impact-cut-flower-industry-ecuador http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17212

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Summary:	This article uses survey data from Ecuador to examine the effects of women's employment on the allocation of paid and unpaid labor within the household. The reader compares a region with high demand for female labor with a similar region in which demand for female labor is low. The comparison suggests that market labor opportunities for women have no effect on women's total time in labor but increase men's time in unpaid labor. The increase in men's time in unpaid work reflects women's increased bargaining power in the home.