Oostendorp, Remco H.2013-06-122013-06-122004-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13887There are several theoretical reasons why globalization will have a narrowing as well as widening effect on the gender wage gap, but little is known about the actual impact, except for a number of country studies. The author provides a cross-country study of the impact of globalization on the occupational gender wage gap, based on the rarely used but most far-ranging survey of wages around the world, the International Labour Organization's October Inquiry. This annual survey was started in 1924 and contains a wealth of information on wages and the gender wage gap. For the period 1983-99, there is information on the gender wage gap in 161 narrowly defined occupations in more than 80 countries around the world. The author finds the following: (i) The occupational gender wage gap appears to be narrowing with increases in GDP per capita; (ii) There is a significantly narrowing impact of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) net inflows on the occupational gender wage gap for low-skill occupations, both in poorer and richer countries, and for high-skill occupations in richer countries; (iii) There is no evidence of a narrowing impact of trade, but there is evidence of a widening impact of FDI net inflows on the high-skill occupational gender wage gap in poorer countries; (iv) Wage-setting institutions have a strong impact on the occupational gender wage gap in richer countries.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOGLOBALIZATIONGLOBAL DIVISION OF LABORGENDERWAGE DIFFERENCESWAGESWAGES & SALARIESLABORINTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATIONDIVISION OF LABORFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTSEXUAL DIVISION OF LABOREMPLOYMENT ADJUSTMENTAGGREGATE TRADECAPITAL FLOWSCAPITAL INFLOWSCHANGES IN TRADECITIESCOMPETITIVE PRESSURESDEREGULATIONDEVELOPED COUNTRIESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICYEMPIRICAL STUDIESEMPLOYMENTENGINEERSEQUILIBRIUMEXPORTSFACTORS OF PRODUCTIONFOREIGN INVESTMENTGDPGDP PER CAPITAGENDERGENDER DIFFERENCESGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELGROSS EARNINGSGROWTH RATEHOTELSHUMAN CAPITALIMPACT OF TRADEIMPORT PENETRATIONINCOMEINCOME GROUPSINCOME LEVELSINTERNATIONAL TRADELEISURELIVING STANDARDSMARKET POWERMARKET STRUCTUREMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIESMINIMUM WAGEMINIMUM WAGESNET INFLOWSOCCUPATIONSOPENNESSPER CAPITA INCOMEQUALITY ASSESSMENTREGRESSION ANALYSISTIME SERIESTRADE DATATRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE MORETRADE POLICIESURBAN AREASWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWAGE DISCRIMINATIONWAGE GAPWAGE INEQUALITYWAGE RATESWEALTHWORK EXPERIENCEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-3256