Leaving Science: Gender Differences in Career Continuity Following a Job Loss |
| |
Authors: | Thomas S Moore Peter Meiksins Ken Root |
| |
Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, , Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201;2. Honors Program, 1899 Euclid Avenue, MC 412, Cleveland State University, , Cleveland, Ohio, 44115;3. Ken Root & Associates, , North Plymouth, Minnesota, 55441 |
| |
Abstract: | This study investigates gender differences in the postdisplacement experience of nonacademic science and engineering (S&E) workers. Using a pooled sample created from the Displaced Worker Surveys conducted between 1994 and 2008, it finds that (1) this S&E work force is particularly vulnerable to job loss and potential career disruption; (2) displaced female S&E workers are more likely than comparable male workers to exit the work force, a gender difference that is conditional on and explained by marital and parental status; and (3) reemployed female S&E workers are also more likely to leave science for non‐S&E occupations, but this gender difference is limited to unmarried workers. A concluding section discusses the implications of these findings for interpreting gender differences in career outcomes. |
| |
Keywords: | gender job loss labor market inequality science and engineering sex segregation work |
|
|