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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Trade Liberalization and Gender Gap: Bangladesh Experience
Author(s): Mohammad Mafizur Rahman
Citation: Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, (2014) "Trade Liberalization and Gender Gap: Bangladesh Experience," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 16, Iss. 2, pp. 57-69
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
This paper explores the gender differentiated effects of trade liberalisation in Bangladesh. It is found that
trade liberalisation has created more than 5 times higher job for women than men in the Ready Made
Garments (RMG) sector. However, female workers are more discriminated than the male counterparts in
terms working condition. Nationwide, women’s wage is much lower than men’s wage for all kinds of
labour. However, income gap between male and female workers seems lower in the RMG sector. The low
level of education and skill of female workers, male’s longer working time, etc. are the main factors for
this gender differentiated income.
