Sex-segregation

Abstract

"Employed women and men have almost always done different jobs. In no industrialized society are the sexes distributed in the same proportions across all occupations, and few women work side by side with men who do the same job (Bielby and Baron 1984). Explaining the persistence of sex segregation in spite of major social and economic changes has posed a challenge for social scientists. This article offers a systematic framework for explaining sex segregation. After discussing the measurement of segregation and trends in segregation in the United States, I describe a queuing model of segregation that provides a structural explanation for stability and change in the sex composition of jobs." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Reskin, B. (1994): Sex-segregation. Explaining stability and change in the sex composition of work. In: P. Beckmann & G. Engelbrech (Hrsg.) (1994): Arbeitsmarkt für Frauen 2000 - Ein Schritt vor oder ein Schritt zurück? Kompendium zur Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen (Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, 179), p. 97-115.