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Title: Labor Sectors and the Status Attainment Process: Race and Sex Comparisons
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Parrow, Alan A. |
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Labor Sectors and the Status Attainment Process: Race and Sex Comparisons Ph.D. Dissertation, Duke University, 1981 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Discrimination, Sex; Dual Economic Theory; Mobility; Occupational Attainment; Occupational Segregation; Racial Differences; Simultaneity; Training, Occupational A large body of research in both sociology and economics has attempted to explain race and sex differences in placement within the American stratification system. Grounded in functionalist and neo-classical theories, prior empirical studies have focused almost exclusively on individual characteristics as sources of explanation of attainments. The present research goes well beyond these efforts by including measures of structural constraints on attainment in addition to the standard measures of individual characteristics. Of particular interest are hypotheses about the long term consequences of sectoral placement in a segmented (dual) labor market. Using eight year panel data from the NLS of Young Men and Women, simultaneous equation models and dynamic models of mobility are used to compare the career processes of black and white men and women. The empirical evidence from these analyses does not support the notion of a strict bimodal division of the industrial economy into primary and secondary sectors. Mobility exists between the sectors and the earnings structure shows only minimal evidence of bipolarization. Nor is there any evidence that the underlying processes by which wages are assigned to given levels of occupational achievement in the two sectors differ. Finally, despite the DLM stress on institutional factors which impede mobility, the present data seem to suggest the lack of any long term effects on occupational training or employment stability within careers. What is revealed by the study is a distinct pattern of discrimination even within sectors of the economy. Though race discrimination continues to exist, sex discrimination appears to be far more striking and pervasive. This sex discrimination appears to occur primarily as a result of occupational segregation and industrial segregation at a level too fine to be captured by a gross dichotomization of industries. A call is given for more research wherein the unit of analysis is the industry or firm |
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Parrow, Alan A. Labor Sectors and the Status Attainment Process: Race and Sex Comparisons. Ph.D. Dissertation, Duke University, 1981. |