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Author: Vanneman, Reeve
Resulting in 2 citations.
1. Cotter, David A.
Hermsen, Joan M.
Vanneman, Reeve
The Effects of Occupational Gender Segregation Across Race
Sociological Quarterly 44,1 (Winter 2003): 17-36.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb02389.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Ethnic Studies; Gender Differences; Hispanics; Labor Market Segmentation; Racial Differences; Racial Studies; Sex Roles; Sexual Division of Labor; Wages

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

The general relationship between occupational gender segregation and earnings inequality is well documented, although few studies have examined the relationship separately by race/ethnicity. This article investigates occupational gender segregation effects across whites, African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians. In addition, we explore two ways in which segregation may affect earnings: (1) by lowering the earnings of workers in female-dominated occupations and (2) by lowering the earnings of all workers in highly segregated labor markets. Our central findings are that both segregation effects contribute to earnings inequality and that the effects are observed quite broadly across racial/ethnic groups, although they particularly impact the earnings of African American women.
Bibliography Citation
Cotter, David A., Joan M. Hermsen and Reeve Vanneman. "The Effects of Occupational Gender Segregation Across Race." Sociological Quarterly 44,1 (Winter 2003): 17-36.
2. Cotter, David A.
Hermsen, Joan M.
Vanneman, Reeve
Women's Work and Working Women: The Demand for Female Labor
Gender & Society 15,3 (June 2001): 429-452.
Also: http://gas.sagepub.com/content/15/3/429.abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Sage Publications
Keyword(s): Employment; Gender; Gender Differences; Labor Force Participation; Occupations; Occupations, Female; Occupations, Male; Women

Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher.

The demand for female labor is a central explanatory component of macrostructural theories of gender stratification. This study analyzes how the structural demand for female labor affects gender differences in labor force participation. The authors develop a measure of the gendered demand for labor by indexing the degree to which the occupational structure is skewed toward usually male or female occupations. Using census data from 1910 through 1990 and National Longitudinal Sample of Youth (NLSY) data from 261 contemporary U.S. labor markets, the authors show that the gender difference in labor force participation covaries across time and space with this measure of the demand for female labor.
Bibliography Citation
Cotter, David A., Joan M. Hermsen and Reeve Vanneman. "Women's Work and Working Women: The Demand for Female Labor." Gender & Society 15,3 (June 2001): 429-452.