Occupational Gender Segregation and the Earnings Gap: Changes in the 1980s |
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Authors: | Cotter D. A. Defiore J. M. Hermsen J. M. Kowalewski B. M. Vanneman R. |
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Abstract: | The 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census data confirm the decline in the earnings gap between men and women. Occupational segregation by gender also declined during the 1980s. Cross-sectional decompositions show that 15% of the earnings gap would be eliminated if women′s occupation distributions were the same as men′s. Over-time decompositions show that declining occupational segregation accounted for about 36% of the decline in the earnings gap; most of the declining earnings gap resulted from more equal pay within occupations. |
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