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Author: Araji, Sharon K.
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1. Araji, Sharon K.
Married White Women: Occupational Mobility and Earnings of Part-Time vs Full-Time Workers
Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 10,2 (Spring-Summer 1983): 61-89
Cohort(s): Mature Women
Publisher: Humboldt State University
Keyword(s): Discrimination, Employer; Discrimination, Sex; Earnings; Marital Status; Mobility; Mobility, Occupational; Occupational Prestige; Occupational Status; Part-Time Work

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Hypotheses regarding the effect of white women's marital and family status, personal attributes, and job and family-related factors on their labor force participation, occupational mobility, and earnings are tested through a path analysis of data on 585 respondents to the NLS of Mature Women (1967, 1969, and 1971). Since the hypotheses are not strongly supported, it is suggested that a more profitable avenue of investigation might focus on factors in the occupational structure, e.g., overt or covert discrimination, opportunity, and power or proportional organizational structures. Contrary to expectations, part-time rather than full-time workers were more likely to experience occupational mobility and increased earnings over time, probably due to factors such as higher initial occupational status and education. The latter findings suggest a need to channel women into higher status occupations early in life, especially if they plan to combine employment and marriage.
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Araji, Sharon K. "Married White Women: Occupational Mobility and Earnings of Part-Time vs Full-Time Workers." Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 10,2 (Spring-Summer 1983): 61-89.