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Title: Reaching the Top or Falling Behind? The Role of Occupational Segregation in Women’s Chances of Finding a High-Paying Job Over the Life-Cycle

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: Using a two-stage decomposition technique, this paper analyzes the role of occupational segregation in explaining the probability of women vis-`a-vis men of finding high-paying jobs over the life-cycle. Jobs are classified as highly-remunerated if their compensation exceeds a threshold, which is set at different values to span the entire wage distribution. Results obtained from pooled CPS surveys indicate that the importance of occupational segregation remains vir- tually unchanged over the life-cycle for low- and middle-wage workers. However, women’s access to high-paying occupations becomes significantly more restricted as workers age, suggesting a previously undocumented type of ‘glass ceiling’ in the U.S.

Url: https://cdn.vanderbilt.edu/vu-my/wp-content/uploads/sites/368/2019/04/14093840/draft1.pdf

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Authors: Gutierrez, Federico H.

Publisher: Vanderbilt University and GLO

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

Countries: United States