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Title: Occupational Sex Segregation and Mobility: The Early Careers of White Women and Men
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Cooney, Rosemary S. Cullinan, Meritta B. |
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Occupational Sex Segregation and Mobility: The Early Careers of White Women and Men Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1990 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Dual Economic Theory; Duncan Index; Gender Differences; Mobility; Mobility, Occupational; Occupational Prestige; Occupational Segregation; Occupational Status; Occupations, Female Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the NLS of Young Men and Young Women, this study examines the link between occupational sex segregation and the early career mobility of young white women and men who began their careers in the early 1970s. For the substantial majority of women and men who remain within the sex sector of their initial job, employment in female occupations significantly reduces opportunities for mobility and provides less reward for initial education. The more limited mobility of women is related not only to their initial concentration in female occupations, but also to barriers that limit subsequent access to and retention in the more favorable opportunity structure associated with male occupations. The process of attainment is fundamentally altered when individuals change sex sectors with the status of first job being unrelated to later occupational achievement. The disruption of this link points to the importance of considering occupational sex segregation when studying labor market segmentation. |
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Cooney, Rosemary S. and Meritta B. Cullinan. "Occupational Sex Segregation and Mobility: The Early Careers of White Women and Men." Presented: Toronto, Canada, Population Association of America Meetings, May 1990. |