PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Isis Gaddis AU - Janneke Pieters TI - The Gendered Labor Market Impacts of Trade Liberalization AID - 10.3368/jhr.52.2.1014-6690R1 DP - 2017 Mar 31 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 457--490 VI - 52 IP - 2 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/457.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/52/2/457.full SO - J Hum Resour2017 Mar 31; 52 AB - This paper investigates the impact of Brazil’s trade liberalization on gender differences in labor market outcomes, using difference-in-difference estimation that exploits variation in preliberalization industry composition across microregions. We find that trade liberalization reduced male and female labor force participation rates and tradable sector employment rates, particularly among the low-skilled population. As aggregate effects on men are significantly larger, liberalization reduced the percentage point gender gap in employment and participation rates. However, in proportionate terms, we find no evidence that women’s employment and participation increased relative to men’s, or that women benefitted from the procompetitive effects of free trade.