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Author: Okamoto, Dina G.
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1. Okamoto, Dina G.
Identifying the Determinants of Gender-Atypical Occupational Choice Among Men and Women
Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: American Sociological Association
Keyword(s): Children; Discrimination, Sex; Gender Differences; Human Capital Theory; Marital Status; Occupational Choice; Occupational Segregation; Occupations, Non-Traditional; Part-Time Work

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A national probability sample taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth is used to explore the factors that influence the gender-atypical occupational choices of men & women. Using the theoretical frameworks of human capital theory & sex role socialization, & building on past research, hypotheses about the sex composition of men's & women's occupations are derived & tested. Hypotheses derived from the theoretical frameworks received mixed support from OLS regressions. It was found that, for men, education, a high % female (F) in mother's or father's occupation, perceptions of sex discrimination, & high % F in aspired & expected occupation increase the nontraditionality of occupational outcomes. For women, liberal gender role attitudes decrease the traditionality of their occupational outcome, while having children, being married, working part-time, & high % F in aspired occupation increase the traditionality of their occupational outcome. (Co pyright 19 96, Sociolo gical Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
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Okamoto, Dina G. "Identifying the Determinants of Gender-Atypical Occupational Choice Among Men and Women." Presented: New York, NY, American Sociological Association, August 1996.
2. Okamoto, Dina G.
England, Paula A.
Is There a Supply Side to Occupational Sex Segregation?
Sociological Perspectives 42,4 (Winter 1999): 557-583.
Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1389574
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: University of California Press
Keyword(s): Gender; Job Aspirations; Occupational Choice; Occupational Segregation; Occupations, Female; Occupations, Male; Sexual Division of Labor; Sociability/Socialization/Social Interaction

We examine evidence for supply-side explanations of occupational sex segregation, using the 1979-93 NLSY. Supply-side explanations, such as those derived from neoclassical economic theory and gender socialization, look to individual characteristics of workers, such as values, aspirations, and roles, to explain occupational outcomes. Contrary to human capital theory, we find no tendency for individuals with early plans for employment intermittency or more actual breaks in employment to work in predominantly female occupations. This suggests that women who anticipate breaks in employment do not choose female occupations because of lower wage penalties for time out of the labor force. A second neoclassical view, from the theory of compensating differentials, posits that women sacrifice some pay for "mother-friendly" features of jobs. Consistent with this, white and Latina mothers are in more female jobs than are nonmothers, but the opposite is true for African-American women. The gender socialization perspective posits a long-term effect of gendered attitudes and aspirations formed in youth. Consistent with this, we find that those aspiring to or expecting to work in predominantly female jobs are in more heavily female jobs fourteen years later. Also, for women (but not men), more liberal gender role attitudes predicts working in a more sex-typical occupation. For men (but not women), having had either a father or mother who worked in a female occupation predicts working in a more heavily female occupation.
Bibliography Citation
Okamoto, Dina G. and Paula A. England. "Is There a Supply Side to Occupational Sex Segregation?" Sociological Perspectives 42,4 (Winter 1999): 557-583.