Gender Inequality and Industrial Development
The Household Connection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2966606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gay Young (0000-0001-8584-6096, Department of Sociology, The American University, Washington, DC 20016, U.S.A., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.24.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4243477396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Earlier research suggests that, based on generation and gender, significant conflicts of materials interests exist in households and that domestic work, informal sector work, wage work, and female subordination intersect at the household level. In light of such analysis, this study presents propositions about (1) how households in industrializing areas allocate the labor of their female members (2) and the consequences of the nature of the work women perform for their bargaining power in the household. The ideas developed here have relevance in situations in which export-led economic developmet is also female-led, such as Mexico's northern border region or the export processing zones of the newly industrializing countires (NICs) of Asia. Export assembly as a development strategy has the potential to make problematical both the division of labor by gender and patriarchal expectations about women. However, a focus on the household reveals some of the complexities comprised by this general tendency and offers a more nuanced understanding of the relation between gender and industrialization
Bargaining power · Demographic economics · Development economics · Division of labour · Economic growth · Economics · Gender relations · Industrialisation · Inequality · Labour economics · Market economy · Sociology · Subordination (linguistics) · Wage · Work (physics) · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2008 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |