@article{c2a7248752564c759344d2dc56b5faeb,
title = "Structural Change and Women{\textquoteright}s Employment Potential in Myanmar",
abstract = "We use the Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey to evaluate the extent women are included in Myanmar{\textquoteright}s dynamic transformation process and the relative barriers that prohibit their inclusion between 2005 and 2010. Women play an active role in the labor force during a period of massive structural change. Their growing importance is substantiated by their increasing placement in manufacturing jobs near and away from home. Despite their increasing labor force participation, women{\textquoteright}s engagement in manufacturing is negatively associated with household welfare. This may be a function of a gender pay gap or reflect households{\textquoteright} inability to substitute the labor of women to complete specific tasks related to household production. Future investments in surveys in Myanmar will improve our ability to identify which factors systematically provide an enabling environment for female labor participation, mobility, and improvements in well-being.",
keywords = "Myanmar, employment, gender, migration, structural change",
author = "Valerie Mueller and Emily Schmidt and Dylan Kirkleeng",
note = "Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was undertaken as part of, and funded by, the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). PIM is in turn supported by the CGIAR Trust Fund, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Belgian Development Cooperation, the Government of Canada, Irish Aid, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and UKaid. The opinions expressed here belong to the authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of PIM, IFPRI, or the CGIAR. Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was undertaken as part of, and funded by, the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). PIM is in turn supported by the CGIAR Trust Fund, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, the Belgian Development Cooperation, the Government of Canada, Irish Aid, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and UKaid. The opinions expressed here belong to the authors, and do not necessarily reflect those of PIM, IFPRI, or the CGIAR. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2020.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0160017620925139",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "43",
pages = "450--476",
journal = "International Regional Science Review",
issn = "0160-0176",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "5",
}