The author investigates the relationship between export orientation and female share of employment in the Turkish manufacturing sector, during 1983-85, following the onset of export-led industrialization policies. Using plant-level data the author finds that female share of employment in a plant...

We investigate the relationship between export orientation and female share of employment in the Turkish manufacturing sector, during 1983-85, following the onset of export-led industrialization policies. Using plant-level data we find that female share of employment in a plant increases with...