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Occupational Sex Segregation —Increasing or Decreasing? *
Author(s) -
KARMEL T.,
MACLACHLAN M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1988.tb02057.x
Subject(s) - workforce , index (typography) , sex segregation , decomposition , occupational segregation , demographic economics , economics , labour economics , sociology , biology , economic growth , gender studies , ecology , computer science , wage , world wide web
Contrary to previous findings, the new index of sex segregation derived in this study suggests that sex segregation in the Australian workforce has been increasing. A decomposition of this new index indicates that the main reason for the increase is the increasing share of employment held by females. The decomposition also considers a number of aspects of occupations including growth rates, skill levels and gender domination.