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Title: Careers of Young Women During the Transitional Decade of the 1970s
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1. Zalokar, C. Nadja
Careers of Young Women During the Transitional Decade of the 1970s
Contemporary Policy Issues 7,1 (January 1989): 95-109
Cohort(s): Young Women
Publisher: Western Economic Association International
Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Human Capital Theory; Mobility, Occupational; Occupational Choice; Occupational Segregation; Occupations, Female; Occupations, Male; Occupations, Non-Traditional; Work Histories

Information from the NLS of Young Women was used to examine the careers of young women during the transitional decade of the 1970s. Women in skilled, traditionally male occupations were the primary focus. Although human capital theory predicted otherwise, women with high initial labor force attachment entered skilled jobs in the traditionally female sector rather than the traditionally male sector. Women with low initial labor force attachment who entered skilled jobs later in life were more likely to enter skilled male jobs. Women experienced mixed success in skilled male occupations. Those in skilled male jobs were less likely to make long-term career commitments than women in skilled non-male jobs; however, they earned considerably more than women in other positions. The chances of women remaining in skilled male occupations increased throughout the decade of the 1970s, which suggests that prospects for women in these jobs improved. [ABI/INFORM]
Bibliography Citation
Zalokar, C. Nadja. "Careers of Young Women During the Transitional Decade of the 1970s." Contemporary Policy Issues 7,1 (January 1989): 95-109.