The effect of globalization on women's employment: An empirical investigation

The aim of this thesis is to examine impact the of global integration on women's employment at 113 countries for the period between 1995 to 2012 years. For this purpose, based on the fixed effects panel data analysis and estimation methods are used according to the random effects model. The analysis is divided into two different categories of countries, including OECD countries and developing countries. The factors determining women's employment are identified as fertility, dependency ratio, the male unemployment rate and inflation. Foreign trade, foreign direct investment and the KOF index are used as globalization variables. There are four main results of the study. First of all variables in the models of globalization for OECD countries has a positive effect on women's employment. Secondly, foreign direct investments affects women's employment positively both in developing countries and OECD countries. Thirdly, the rate of openness in developing countries and import effect women's employment negatively. On the other hand, export doesn't have any effect on that. Finally, economic and social globalization indices in developing countries don't have any effect on women's employment. Key words: Women's Employment, Globalization, Panel Data