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Title: Gender Based Occupational Segregation and Sex Differences in Sensory, Motor and Spatial Aptitudes

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: While the gender pay gap continues to decline, gender occupational segregation in the labor market has changed little in recent decades. Research from a number of fields provides lab evidence of gender differences in sensory, motor and spatial aptitudes. We provide evidence that these skills, as captured by DOT codes, strongly predict the occupational choices of men and women, in the directions indicated by this research. We estimate that if selection on these skills were eliminated, the Duncan index of gender based occupational segregation would be roughly 23 percent lower than its actual level, in both 1970 and 2012.

Url: http://econ.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2016/03/pdf_paper_seminar_baker.pdf

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Authors: Baker, Michael; Cornelson, Kirsten

Publisher: University of Toronto

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Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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