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Title: Race and Sex Differences in Career Dynamics
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Rosenfeld, Rachel A. |
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Race and Sex Differences in Career Dynamics In: Feminist Foundations: Toward Transforming Sociology, Gender and Society Readers Series, Volume 3. K. Myers, et al., eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 1998 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Educational Attainment; Employment History; Family Background and Culture; Gender Differences; Human Capital; Marital Status; Racial Differences; Socioeconomic Status (SES); Training; Wage Levels Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This reprinted article originally appeared in (American Sociological Review 45 (August 1980). An earlier version of this paper was presented at Boston MA: Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, August 1979. Chapter: Analyzed career differences by race and sex by examining various aspects of career inequality: initial status and wage level; potential status and wage levels; effects of human capital, family background, and family of procreation variables on initial and potential wage and status levels; speed of advancement. Pooling of cross-sections and time-series techniques are used to estimate the model, with data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of the Labor Market Experience of Young Men (1966-1973) and Women (1968-1975). Employment and educational histories were collected for 14-24 yr. olds at the time of the 1st survey for each group. Results how a general advantage of white men in many aspects of careers, including wage levels and returns to human capital. Differences where shown in effects of education and training, marital status, and parental socioeconomic status early in the career vs at the career stage when change has ceased to occur. ((c) 1998 APA/PsycINFO, all rights reserved) |
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Rosenfeld, Rachel A. "Race and Sex Differences in Career Dynamics" In: Feminist Foundations: Toward Transforming Sociology, Gender and Society Readers Series, Volume 3. K. Myers, et al., eds. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc., 1998
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