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Title: Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap
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Polachek, Solomon W. |
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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap Population Research and Policy Review 6,1 (1987): 47-67. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/m17804112205mh17/ Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Keyword(s): Discrimination; Discrimination, Sex; Dual Economic Theory; Family Constraints; Human Capital; Human Capital Theory; Occupational Segregation; Wage Differentials; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the role of occupational segregation in determining gender wage differentials. Utilizing data from the NLS of Mature Women, it was found that: (1) Earnings regressions using sex composition (as measured by percent female within a given occupation) as an independent variable indicate that occupational segregation is unimportant in explaining wage differentials by sex. Traditional human capital variables play more of a role in explaining the wage gap. (2) The 'percent female' variable is inappropriate for use in testing human capital implications in the context of the earnings functions. and (3) Lifetime work consideration, such as the degree of labor force intermittency, are important in determining occupation and wage.Implications for governmental anti- discrimination policies are discussed. |
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Polachek, Solomon W. "Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap." Population Research and Policy Review 6,1 (1987): 47-67.
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