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Title: Firm Size, Occupational Segregation, and the Effects of Family Status on Women's Wages
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Peterson, Richard R. |
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Firm Size, Occupational Segregation, and the Effects of Family Status on Women's Wages Social Forces 68,2 (December 1989): 397-414. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2579253 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Keyword(s): Discrimination, Employer; Discrimination, Sex; Family Influences; Firm Size; Firms; Marital Status; Occupational Segregation; Wages, Women Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper examines the impact of family and parental status on women's wages and tests the hypotheses that employers may prefer single and childless women over married women with children and that such preferences should be reflected more strongly within male-dominated occupations within large firms. Using data from the NLS of Mature Women, the author concluded that the wage advantage of single and childless women is stronger within large firms where employers are more able to offer promotions and wage increases and in male-dominated occupations where employers are more likely to value stable workers who will remain with the firm. |
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Peterson, Richard R. "Firm Size, Occupational Segregation, and the Effects of Family Status on Women's Wages." Social Forces 68,2 (December 1989): 397-414.
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