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Author: Henson, Joyce M.
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1. Henson, Joyce M.
Occupational Sex Segregation, Private Sector Training and Earnings: The Early Careers of White Women and Men
Ph.D. Dissertation, Fordham University, 1994
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Gender Differences; Human Capital Theory; Occupational Segregation; Occupations, Female; Private Sector; Training, On-the-Job; Wage Dynamics; Wage Gap; Wage Growth

Two striking and persistent features of the labor market are occupational segregation by sex and the gender wage gap. The majority of studies find that employment in female-dominated jobs adversely affects earnings of women and men. An important previously untested argument related to this link is that female-dominated jobs provide less opportunity for on-the-job training which subsequently limits career advancement. This study looks at the occupational sex segregation of the first full-time job to see how this structural feature of the labor market affects career advancement. Using eleven years of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data (1979-89), the study follows a group of white men and women as they leave full-time schooling and begin their careers.
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Henson, Joyce M. Occupational Sex Segregation, Private Sector Training and Earnings: The Early Careers of White Women and Men. Ph.D. Dissertation, Fordham University, 1994.