at the same time if higher wages induce higher female labour force participation the consequent time squeeze on human capacities production puts this group in the same regime as the liberal aies exploitation in this context more gender equality threatens growth partly because of persistent inequalities in the gender distribution of social reproduction stronger supports for women doing paid work will weaken these causal links but they must be accompanied by changes on the demand side to avoid merely shifting from an exploitation to a wage squeeze regime a decline in commodity prices will induce depreciation of the exchange rate as global buyers need less of a countrys currency to purchase its exports