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The Gender Recomposition of the Maquiladora Workforce in Cuidad Juhrez
Author(s) -
CATANZARITE LISA M.,
STROBER MYRA H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1993.tb01023.x
Subject(s) - attractiveness , workforce , production (economics) , business , demographic economics , labour economics , economics , economic growth , psychology , psychoanalysis , macroeconomics
This paper investigates the dynamics of gender segregation by analyzing data on the increase in men's share of assembly jobs in the Ciudad Juérez maquila industry. Gender recomposition of maquila production was a result of changes in the Mexican economy; which produced a marked increase in the demand for labor and an increase in the “relative attractiveness” (but not necessarily the absolute attractiveness) of maquiladora jobs to men.