Segregation of women into low-paying occupations in the United States.

Autor/in	Gradín, Carlos
Titel	Segregation of women into low-paying occupations in the United States. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Segregation von Frauen in schlecht bezahlte Berufe in den Vereinigten Staaten.
Quelle	In: Applied economics, 52 (2020) 17, S. 1905-1920 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-6846; 1466-4283
DOI	10.1080/00036846.2019.1682113
Schlagwörter	Frau; Segmentierung; Segregation; Erwerbstätigkeit; Niedriglohn; Strukturwandel; Arbeitsmarkt; Arbeitsmarktchance; Arbeitsmarktstruktur; Beruf; Berufsstruktur; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; Qualifikation; Einflussfaktor; USA
Abstract	"We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider the stratification of occupations by gender, i.e. when either women or men are predominantly segregated into low-paying jobs. We propose the use of the concentration curve to analyse first-order stochastic dominance, and concentration indices to obtain complete orderings and to quantify the phenomenon. With this approach, well-rooted in the literature of economic inequality, we show that the decline in gender segregation of occupations in the US over time was accompanied by a deeper and longer reduction in their stratification. The distinctive characteristics of men and women cannot account for segregation or stratification levels. The profound changes in the composition of the workforce over time by education or marital status, however, did help to substantially explain their trends. The level of stratification was farther reduced by gender-biased changes in the earnings structure, while changes in conditional occupational distributions only contributed to these declines before 1990." The study refers to the period 1960-2014. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1