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Women's Employment, State Legal Protection of Women's Economic Rights, and Gender Prejudice: Evidence from 52 Countries
- Title
- Women's Employment, State Legal Protection of Women's Economic Rights, and Gender Prejudice: Evidence from 52 Countries
- Authors
- Kim, Minzee
- Ewha Authors
- 김민지
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김민지
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Journal Title
- KOREA OBSERVER
- ISSN
- 0023-3919
- Citation
- KOREA OBSERVER vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 181 - 210
- Keywords
- Gender Stereotype; Women's Economic Rights; Women's Employment; Law
- Publisher
- INST KOREAN STUDIES
- Indexed
- SSCI; SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Recognizing that gender inequality involves not only material aspects but also non-material aspects, this paper asks to what extent the nature of women's employment and legal protection of women's economic rights within a country is associated with gender prejudice in that country. To answer these questions, this paper specifies individual level, country level, and cross-level interaction hypotheses, based on a multilevel, cross-national analysis of World Values Survey data from 52 countries over a 26 year period from 1981 to 2007. More specifically, I argue that three sets of women's employment contexts are particularly important: 1) women's labor force participation; 2) women's representation in high status occupations; and 3) national laws that protect women's rights to equal employment. I focus on the implications of these three factors on the level of prejudice. Results suggest that all three macro-level employment contexts are associated with a reduction of gender prejudicial attitudes in employment. However, the association was stronger for women than men, suggesting a widening gap between men and women. Based on results, I argue that policies that protect women's economic rights are essential not only for improving women's employment quantity and quality but also for changing gender norms on the ground.
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