Do psychosocial traits help explain gender segregation in young people's occupations?

Autor/inn/en	Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.
Titel	Do psychosocial traits help explain gender segregation in young people's occupations? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Kann die geschlechtsspezifische Segregation bei den Berufen junger Menschen durch psychosoziale Merkmale erklärt werden?
Quelle	In: Labour economics, (2013) 21, S. 59-73 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0927-5371
DOI	10.1016/j.labeco.2012.12.005
Schlagwörter	Intelligenz (Psy); Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Psychosozialer Faktor; Selbsteinschätzung; Frau; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied; Soziales Verhalten; Segregation; Erwerbstätigkeit; Arbeitsmarkt; Erwerbstätiger; Berufswahl; Studienwahl; Geschlechtsspezifik; Junger Erwachsener; USA
Abstract	"This paper investigates the role of psychosocial traits in the occupational segregation of young workers entering the U.S. labor market. We find entry into male-dominated fields of study and male-dominated occupations are both related to the extent to which individuals have 'masculine' traits and believe they are intelligent, while entry intomale-dominated occupations is also related to the willingness to work hard, impulsivity, and the tendency to avoid problems. The nature of these relationships differs for men and women, however. Psychosocial traits (self-assessed intelligence and impulsivity) also influence movement into higher-paid occupations, but in ways that are similar for men and women. On balance, psychosocial traits provide an important, though incomplete, explanation for segregation in the fields that young men and women study as well as in the occupations in which they are employed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2013/4