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On Measures of Gender Occupational Segregation: Statistical and Conceptual Considerations (a Response to Grusky and Levanon)

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  • Iris Jerby

    (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

  • Moshe Semyonov

    (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

  • Noah Lewin-Epstein

    (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

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In a recent article (2005), the authors proposed the first-order approximation (FOA) index for the measurement of gender occupational segregation across detailed occupational categories. The FOA index can remedy the two inherent limitations—sensitivity and singularity—associated with the ratio index and the association index, especially when applied to the measurement of micro-segregation. Grusky and Levanon (this issue), while acknowledging these limitations, view the FOA index as a misguided effort to remedy the shortcomings of the other indexes. When responding to Grusky and Levanon, the authors address two kinds of controversies. The first aims directly at the methodological reasoning put forward by Grusky and Levanon and centers on the statistical properties and statistical assumptions embodied in the various measures. The second revolves around different paradigmatic approaches to the study of occupational segregation and centers on different conceptual views of the gender segregation phenomenon.

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  • Iris Jerby & Moshe Semyonov & Noah Lewin-Epstein, 2006. "On Measures of Gender Occupational Segregation: Statistical and Conceptual Considerations (a Response to Grusky and Levanon)," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 34(4), pages 573-586, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:somere:v:34:y:2006:i:4:p:573-586
    DOI: 10.1177/0049124106286333
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    1. 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.

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