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Ambition, Discrimination, and Occupational Attainment: A Study of British Cohort

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  • Harper, Barry
  • Haq, Mohammad

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Examining British cohort data we find significant differences in the occupational aspirations of boys and girls at age 16 that appear to follow a traditional pattern. To isolate the effect of gender hiring bias on occupational attainment a conditional hiring model is estimated. This separates the occupational preferences of workers to join a pool of job applicants from the hiring decision of employers. Conditional on occupational preferences, we find, in general, no evidence of hiring bias against women except in manual/craft occupations. Failure to control for differences in career aspirations, in this study, produces an overestimate of the extent of occupational sex discrimination of around 60%. Copyright 2001 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Harper, Barry & Haq, Mohammad, 2001. "Ambition, Discrimination, and Occupational Attainment: A Study of British Cohort," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 53(4), pages 695-720, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxecpp:v:53:y:2001:i:4:p:695-720
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