OCCUPATIONAL GHETTOS by Maria Charles, David B. Grusky ( 9780804753296 )

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Title:

OCCUPATIONAL GHETTOS
THE WORLDWIDE SEGREGATION OF WOMEN AND MEN

By:

Maria Charles, David B. Grusky

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0804753296

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Publisher:

STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

25 July, 2005

Series:

Studies in Social Inequality

Pages:

400

Description:

The authors provide the first comprehensive portrait of the anatomy of occupational sex segregation, casting new light on some long-standing empirical puzzles in the study of gender inequality.

Synopsis:

The last half-century has witnessed dramatic declines in gender inequality, evidenced by the rise of egalitarian views on gender roles and the narrowing of long-standing gender gaps in university attendance and labor force participation. This development, while spectacular, has been coupled with similarly impressive forms of resistance to equalization, most notably the continuing tendency for women to crowd into female "occupational ghettos." This book answers the important questions: Why has such extreme segregation persisted even as other types of gender inequality have lessened? Why is segregation especially extreme in precisely those countries that appear most committed to egalitarian reform and family-friendly policies?

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