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It’s Different for Girls: Participation and Occupational Segregation in the USA
Author(s) -
Johnes Geraint
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the manchester school
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1467-9957
pISSN - 1463-6786
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9957.00218
Subject(s) - earnings , occupational segregation , economics , interpretation (philosophy) , labour economics , demographic economics , wage , accounting , computer science , programming language
An empirical model is estimated which evaluates the determinants of labour market participation and occupational choice. The response of the latter to changes in expected earnings is somewhat weaker amongst women, especially married women, than amongst men. One interpretation of this finding is that occupational segregation is present.