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Title: Male-Female Differences in Occupational Choice and the Demand for General and Occupation-Specific Human Capital
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Zalokar, C. Nadja |
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Male-Female Differences in Occupational Choice and the Demand for General and Occupation-Specific Human Capital Economic Inquiry 26,1 (January 1988): 59-74. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7295.1988.tb01669.x/abstract Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Western Economic Association International Keyword(s): Discrimination, Sex; Gender Differences; Labor Force Participation; Occupational Choice; Work Histories A human capital model of occupational choice as demand for general and occupation-specific human capital is presented to demonstrate how women's occupational choices vary with their lifetime labor force participation patterns. Data from the NLS of Mature Women are used to test the model. Simulations that use parameter estimates from the model reveal that, if women were to work continuously through out their lives, then they would enter occupations that require more human capital, particularly more specific human capital. Women's wages would increase because these occupations pay more and because women would be working more and gaining more experience. The model assumes that there is no labor market discrimination against women; how this assumption affects the results depends upon the nature of actual labor market discrimination. [ABI/INFORM] |
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Zalokar, C. Nadja. "Male-Female Differences in Occupational Choice and the Demand for General and Occupation-Specific Human Capital." Economic Inquiry 26,1 (January 1988): 59-74.
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