An NESDB research on the impacts of Thailand’s 1997 financial crisis found that the unemployment
rate of men was higher than women. However, the effect of financial crisis on women is revealed by
the fact that female labour tended to receive lower wages. Consequently, the wage gap between male
and female labour is wider during the time of economic crisis.
A study on the impact of economic crisis on rural community found that community women felt that
the economic crisis generated more family conflicts, rising thief cases and promoted more gambling.
Also, women were most concerned for their children’s education in the time of economic crisis.