Up the Down Staircase: Women's Upward Mobility and the Wage Penalty for Occupational Feminization, 1970-2007

Autor/in	Mandel, Hadas
Titel	Up the Down Staircase: Women's Upward Mobility and the Wage Penalty for Occupational Feminization, 1970-2007
Quelle	In: Social Forces, 91 (2013) 4, S.1183-1207 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7732
DOI	10.1093/sf/sot018
Schlagwörter	Females; Gender Discrimination; Occupational Mobility; Salary Wage Differentials; Student Attitudes; Trend Analysis; Equal Opportunities (Jobs) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Berufliche Mobilität; Schülerverhalten; Trendanalyse; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf
Abstract	This study examines the long-term trends of two parallel and related gender effects, in light of the hypothesis that highly rewarded occupations will be the most penalized by the process of feminization. Using multilevel models of the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series data from 1970 to 2007, the study analyzes trends in women's occupational mobility and juxtaposes these trends with trends in the effects of feminization on occupational pay across diverse occupational wage groups. The findings reveal two opposing processes of gender (in)equality: during this period, many women had impressive success in entering highly rewarded occupations. Simultaneously, however, the negative effect of feminization on the pay levels of these occupations intensified, particularly in high-paid and male-typed occupations. Consequently, women found themselves moving "up the down staircase." The findings confirm the dynamic nature of gender discrimination and have broad implications for our understanding of the devaluation and exclusion mechanisms discussed in earlier literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10