Implications of Trade Policy Changes on Gender Inequalities

The aim of this paper is to survey theoretically the effects of trade policy changes on gender and skill- differentiated labor market. Following this aim, the paper first discusses the implications of neoclassical trade theory. Then, focusing on the feminist trade theory, the paper tries to account for the stylized facts of world economic order in the last thirty years in gendered labor market from a developing country perspective. By presenting a brief empirical survey focusing on the effects of trade policy change on gender-wage gap and/ or female intensity, we argue that the specific global competition strategy chosen for a country determines the framework for various dynamic interplays of class and gender.