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Occupational Sex Segregation in Britain, 1979-1989: The Persistence of Sexual Stereotyping

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  • Watts, Martin
  • Rich, Judith

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An index devised by T. Karmel and M. MacLachlan (1988) is extended to measure the relative contributions of different occupational groups to the level and change in overall occupational sex segregation in Britain. Sexual stereotyping is shown to persist in clerical, service and sales, and blue collar skilled occupations, which remain highly segregated. Professional and managerial occupations have the lowest level of segregation and have integrated at the fastest rate. The rate of integration is strongly procyclical. Full-time employment has integrated faster than total employment over the upturn. Policy implications are drawn in the final section. Copyright 1993 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Watts, Martin & Rich, Judith, 1993. "Occupational Sex Segregation in Britain, 1979-1989: The Persistence of Sexual Stereotyping," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 17(2), pages 159-177, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cambje:v:17:y:1993:i:2:p:159-77
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    1. Borghans, L. & Groot, L.M.J., 1999. "Educational presorting as a cause of occupational segregation," ROA Research Memorandum 3E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    2. Joyce, Yvonne & Walker, Stephen P., 2015. "Gender essentialism and occupational segregation in insolvency practice," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 41-60.
    3. Niamh Brennan & Patrick Nolan, 1998. "Employment and remuneration of Irish chartered accountants : evidence of gender differences," Open Access publications 10197/2910, Research Repository, University College Dublin.
    4. Martin Watts, 2014. "Spatial indexes: a focus on segregation," Chapters, in: Robert Stimson (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Spatially Integrated Social Science, chapter 15, pages 287-314, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    5. Borghans, Lex & Groot, Loek, 1999. "Educational presorting and occupational segregation," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 375-395, September.

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