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Title: Occupational Segregation: A Human Capital Approach
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Polachek, Solomon W. |
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Occupational Segregation: A Human Capital Approach Mimeo, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Keyword(s): Discrimination, Sex; Human Capital Theory; Occupational Segregation; Wages Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Currently human capital models are applied almost exclusively to explain earnings distribution. These models have been severely criticized because of their failure to explain existing occupational patterns. This paper introduces the concept of heterogeneous human capital so that optimal kinds as well as amounts of human capital can be determined. Inferences concerning occupational structure are derived by assuming that each occupation entails the use of a different kind of human capital. The model is applied to analyze occupational segregation by sex. It is found that if women were to have a full lifetime labor force attachment, then human capital considerations would dictate a 35 percent increase in the number of women professionals, a more than doubling of the number of women in managerial professions, and a diminution of the number of women in menial occupations in excess of 25 percent. These results for the first time indicate the potential strength of the human capital model in explaining occupational segregation by sex. |
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Polachek, Solomon W. "Occupational Segregation: A Human Capital Approach." Mimeo, Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977. |