The roots of today's “women's jobs” and “men's jobs”: Using the index of dissimilarity to measure occupational segregation by gender

Bertaux, Nancy

doi:10.1016/0014-4983(91)90003-2

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“…To do this, we follow Bertaux (1991) and disaggregate the sex composition and occupation mix effects. To do this, we follow Bertaux (1991) and disaggregate the sex composition and occupation mix effects.…”

Section: Trends Across Major Occupational Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Using a technique suggested by Bertaux (1991) in a study of changes in occupational segregation in the United States at the close of the nineteenth century, we were able to provide a more detailed picture than previous studies of the role of major occupational categories in accounting for these aggregate results for 1970 to 1990. We found that the trend did continue at only a slightly slower pace.…”

Section: -80 1980-90 ------------------------------Independent Vamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As we note in the text, the included occupations account for the entire labor force in all years. 16 Bertaux (1991) reports results for speci c occupational categories, but the principle is the same. 12 The gures we obtain for the level and change in the index over the period are essentially the same as those reported by Bianchi and Rytina (1986) using the full set of 1980 Census occupations.…”

Section: -80 1980-90 ------------------------------Independent Vamentioning

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Continuing Progress? Trends in Occupational Segregation in the United States over the 1970s and 1980s

1998

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This study uses comparable data on 470 detailed occupations from the 1970, 1980, and 1990 Censuses to analyze trends in occupational segregation in the United States in the 1980s and compare them in detail to the 1970s experience of declining segregation. We find that the trend towards reduced segregation did indeed continue into the 1980s at only a slightly slower pace. In both decades, changes in sex composition within occupations accounted for the major share of the decline in segregation (compared to changes in the mix of occupations in the economy). We also find that the pattern of changes in the sex composition of occupations and in the employment distribution of workers that produced the observed reductions in segregation were remarkably similar in each of these two periods. This similarity potentially poses some problems for the future. As women continue to enter the same areas, resegregation, which we found to have relatively moderate effects in the 1970s and 1980s, becomes an increasing possibility. Continued progress towards reducing occupational segregation requires that women succeed in entering a broader range of traditionally male occupations and/or a greater flow of men into traditionally female occupations.Occupations, Employment, Occupational Segregation, Occupational Crowding, Gender Differences In Employment, Sex Composition,

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Section: -80 1980-90 ------------------------------Independent Vamentioning

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Section: -80 1980-90 ------------------------------Independent Vamentioning

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Continuing Progress? Trends in Occupational Segregation in the United States over the 1970s and 1980s

1998

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“…For example, the US Civil War labor shortage led to the first hiring of female clerks as government employees (Davies 1982). Among domestic workers, there was also increased substitution of male (and female) blacks for white workers after the Civil War (Bertaus 1991). …”

Section: Economic Effects In the Aftermath Of War: Measurementmentioning

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Gender and the economic impacts of war

Jacobsen¹

2016

Handbook on Gender and War

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“…While trends in occupational segregation at the economy-wide level are interesting in their own right, to understand the nature of these shifts better as well as to identify any important differences between the experiences of the 1970s and the 1980s, it is desirable to clarify the role of major occupation groups and specific detailed occupations in producing these changes. To do this, we follow Bertaux (1991) and disaggregate the sex composition and occupation mix effects.…”

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Continuing Progress? Trends in Occupational Segregation in the United States Over the 1970s and 1980s

Blau¹,

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Anderson³

1998

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* Significant at the 5 percent level on a two tailed test. ** Significant at the 1 percent level on a two tailed test. Notes: Standard errors are in parentheses. Number of observations (occupations) is 470. Regressions are weighted by the square root of cell size in the initial year. The omitted occupation category is operative, laborer, and farm occupations. Equations are estimated by Seemingly Unrelated Regressions (SUR) techniques.

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The roots of today's “women's jobs” and “men's jobs”: Using the index of dissimilarity to measure occupational segregation by gender

Cited by 14 publications

References 13 publications

Continuing Progress? Trends in Occupational Segregation in the United States over the 1970s and 1980s

Continuing Progress? Trends in Occupational Segregation in the United States over the 1970s and 1980s

Gender and the economic impacts of war

Continuing Progress? Trends in Occupational Segregation in the United States Over the 1970s and 1980s

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