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1 online resource (323 pages) |
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Sex Segregation in the Workplace; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; 1 Introduction ; EXTENT, TRENDS, AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE; EXPLAINING SEGREGATION; REDUCING SEGREGATION; CONCLUSION; References; PART I EXTENT, TRENDS, AND PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE ; 2 Trends in Occupational Segregation by Sex and Race, 1960-1981 ; MEASUREMENT AND DATA; TRENDS IN OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION, 1960-1981; COHORT DIFFERENCES IN OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION, 1971-1977; MAJOR COMPONENTS OF CHANGE IN THE OVERALL INDEX, 1972-1981; CHANGES IN THE SEX COMPOSITION OF OCCUPATIONS, 1960-1977 |
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TRENDS IN THE SEX SEGREGATION OF OCCUPATIONS BY RACE, 1972-1981MAJOR COMPONENTS OF CHANGE IN THE OVERALL INDEX BY RACE; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX A; Data Sources; Comparability of Data; APPENDIX B; References; 3 A Woman's Place is With Other Women: Sex Segregation Within Organizations ; WHY ARE SOME FIRMS MORE SEGREGATED THAN OTHERS?; DATA AND METHODS; The Sample; The Documents; Operationalization; The Analysis; RESULTS; Descriptive Statistics; Multivariate Analyses; Deviant Cases: Moderately Desegregated Establishments; Large Establishments and Bureaucratic Segregation |
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Longitudinal Analyses: The Permanence of Sex SegregationDISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; References; 4 Job Changing And Occupational Sex Segregation: Sex And Race Comparisons ; EXPLANATIONS OF SEX SEGREGATION; Labor Supply Explanations; Labor Demand Explanations; Reinforcement of Sex Segregation; EXPLANATION OF MOBILITY; Occupations and Sex Stereotyping; Individual Life Changes; Changes in Labor Demand; ORGANIZATION OF THE PAPER; DATA; DESCRIPTION OF OCCUPATIONAL SEX COMPOSITION AND EMPLOYER CHANGING; PREDICTING MOBILITY TO AND BETWEEN SEX-ATYPICAL OCCUPATIONS; Independent Variables; Results |
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PROJECTIONS TO 1990 OF SEGREGATION AMONG PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS BASED ON COLLEGE MAJORSCONCLUSION; APPENDIX A PROJECTIONS DATA AND METHODOLOGY; Bls Occupational Employment Projections; Methodology of Projections Based on Age Cohorts; APPENDIX C PROJECTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS BASED UPON COLLEGE MAJORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; PART II EXPLAINING SEGREGATION THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ; 7 Occupational Segregation and Labor Market Discrimination ; ECONOMIC EXPLANATIONS OF SEX DIFFERENTIALS IN OUTCOMES; Theories of Discrimination; The Human Capital Alternative |
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AND DISCUSSIONACKNOWLEDGMENTS; References; 5 Commentary ; 6 Occupational Sex Segregation: Prospects For The 1980s ; ASSUMPTIONS, DATA, AND METHODOLOGY; Linear Group Labor Force Projection (P1); Linear Individual Labor Force Projection (P2); Logistic Individual Labor Force Projection (P3); Conservative Age Cohort Projection (P5); Moderate Age Cohort Projection (P6); Optimistic and Moderately Optimistic Age Cohort Projections (P8 And P7); PROJECTIONS OF OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION, 1981 TO 1990; MAJOR COMPONENTS OF PROJECTED CHANGE IN THE INDEX; PROJECTIONS BASED ON AGE COHORTS |
| Notes |
Empirical findings |
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Print version record |
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Sex discrimination in employment -- United States -- Congresses
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Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- Congresses
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Sex discrimination against women
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Sex discrimination in employment
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reskin, Barbara F
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| ISBN |
9780309554510 |
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0309554519 |
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