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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Occupational segregation"”.
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Occupational segregation in Namibia: Women's experience doing "men's work" in the construction and manufacturing industries
… labor market thereafter. Previous research on occupational sex segregation (OSS) has suggested that men and women exhibit different education attainment and confront discrete work opportunities due to social expectations governing women's roles within the home and outside of it. Around the …
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The Effect of the Decline in Occupational Segregation on Sex Differences in Earnings Among Professional and Technical Workers: 1971-1981
… examines the effect of the large decline in occupational segregation on sex differences in earnings among professional and technical workers between 1971-1981. The analyses are based upon data from the Annual Demographic Files of the Current Population Survey for 1972 and 1982. Contrary to …
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Family Impact on Asian American's Career Choice
… rather on their own interests, which may lead to occupational incongruence. Family influence on Asian Americans' career development and career choice has been less studied, despite acknowledgements of its importance. What are good indicators for family influence and how these indicators separately …
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Family impact on Asian American's career choice
… rather on their own interests, which may lead to occupational incongruence. Family influence on Asian Americans’ career development and career choice has been less studied, despite acknowledgements of its importance. What are good indicators for family influence and how these indicators separately …
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Exploring gender diversity in top level management teams with the hospitality industry
… to their gender as well as the presence of occupational segregation. Furthermore, this study discusses the implications of gender within the hospitality industry through a quantitative and qualitative approach. The findings of this study support the presence of vertical and horizontal …
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Three essays on earnings and earnings inequality in Hong Kong: 1991-2011
… Influence Function method, I observe that occupational segregation plays an important role in explaining the earnings gap for both the lower and upper percentiles. The difference in educational attainment between Chinese immigrants and natives is responsible for limiting occupational …
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Race, class and gender in engineering education: A quantitative investigation of first year enrollment
… and race disparity as the result of processes of segregation linked to the historic and on-going perpetuation of systemic sources of oppression in the United States. In the first study, I investigate the relationship between the odds ratios of women and men enrolled in first year US engineering …
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Female participation in research and development: the role of government and defense spending
… to discriminate against women and/or reinforce occupational segregation frameworks based on more traditional gender roles. Chapter 1 applies a difference-in-difference methodology to demonstrate how changes in Federal defense R&D spending in the U.S. can alter the gender composition of engineers …
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CULTURAL VALIDITY AND SPECIFICITY OF WORK VALUES AMONG ASIAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
The long-standing phenomenon of occupational segregation among Asian Americans in the United States has been well-documented (e.g., Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2013). This study will explore the validity of an existing measure on values in the context of work, among a group of Asian American …
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Gender inequalities in manufacturing : a case study of food-processing and the textiles and garment industries in Ghana
… the labour market and the household.The study of occupational segregation, access to training, career advancement opportunities, decision-making authority and responsibilities, earnings and domestic responsibilities led to the conclusion that, comparatively, the majority of women do not have equal …
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Sustained rents in imperfect labor markets : essays on recruitment, training, and incentives
… expectations foment a self-fulfilling pattern of occupational segregation, with individual departures deterred by earnings and marriage penalties. In the third paper, I examine the use and misuse of authority and incentives in organizational hierarchies. Through a principal-supervisor-agent model …
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Pay Equity: Reassessing gender pay gap, a comparative analysis of South Africa, India and Tanzania
… increase women earnings and try to reduce occupational segregation but the problem is still there. Different international instruments and even domestic legislations have helped advocate and fight for gender pay inequalities, but so far the problem still persists. Despite ratifications and …
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The gender landscape of the Taiwanese public-sector labour market
… and individual levels. It focuses on gendered occupational segregation, worker mobility in terms of job transfers and promotion, everyday work–life arrangements, and the influence of locality on workplace dynamics and individuals’ career moves. The public sector, especially that in East Asian …
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Intersectionality and employment barriers: analyzing age and gender bias in job advertisements
Different forms of discrimination occur within phases of the employment process (attraction, selection, retention), with an estimated 20-40% of employers influenced by bias in their hiring decisions. Sexism and ageism are among the most prevalent forms; however, detecting hiring discrimination is …