The Evolution of Gender Wage Inequality in Senegal Following the Economic Partnership Agreements
Year: 2015
Type: preprint
Abstract: There are considerable gender inequalities in the Senegalese labor market. As Senegal will open its trade with the European Union (EU) in the framework of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA), we can ask whether the new economic equilibrium will be associated with a rise or fall in labor-market gender inequality. We here use the most recent data from the National Statistic and Demographic Agency of Senegal to analyze, in a prospective manner, the evolution of pay by gender following EPA trade opening. Our ex-ante analysis is based on a computable general equilibrium model that includes a gender dimension. Our key finding is that, under the most likely hypothesis regarding the way in which lower Senegalese tariff revenues will be offset, trade opening will significantly increase population well-being, but at the same time increase the gender wage gap.
Source: HAL
Author: Franck Viroleau
Institution: EconomiX
Language: French
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W283186294