View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201804190857-en.html]   _in cooperation with _ [Research Centre International Economics (FIW)] [http://fiw.ac.at/index.php?id=1&L=3] Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: GLOBALIZED FIRMS: THE GENDER EMPLOYMENT GAP AND THE TRANSMISSION OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS FEMALE WORK ACROSS COUNTRIES CAROLINA LENNON University of Economics and Business (WU) WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018, 3:00 PM (15:00 CEST) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna FIW-wiiw Seminars in International Economics [https://wiiw.ac.at/fiw-wiiw-seminars-in-international-economics-es-6.html] The question of whether globalization and expanding markets serve as a mechanism through which greater gender equality is achieved is one that has been debated heavily from a theoretical perspective. Much of the empirical literature to date suggests that there is generally a positive relationship between globalization and women's labor market outcomes, but this finding depends on country, time frame, and exact outcome measured. Along with these open empirical questions, perhaps the most important shortcoming in the literature is the omission of an analysis of the mechanisms through which globalization could affect gender equality. In this paper, we test if globalized firms have helped to reduce the employment gender gap in developing and transition economies and if they have acted as a catalyst for the transmission and convergence of attitudes towards female work. ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/globalized-firms-the-gender-employment-gap-and-the-transm...] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-368.html] for the event. Participation is free of charge. Best regards, Julia Grübler [https://wiiw.ac.at/julia-gruebler-s-866.html] _Organiser_            Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic-...] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2018 wiiw, all rights reserved.