FDI, Women’s Economic Rights, and Gender Quotas as Indicators of Institutional Capacity

• In Event: International Trade and Social Goods: Social Impact of Trade Agreements

Brief Overview

We test if states with gender quotas display capacity to institutionally enforce women's rights and if this supports institutional development of women's economic rights as a function of increased female labor force participation in response to FDI.

Authors

• Gargi Vyas, Creighton University

• James R. Martin, Creighton University