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Title: The Consequences of Career Choice: Family and Income Disparities Among Women in Science and Other Elite Professions
Citation Type: Conference Paper
Publication Year: 2011
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Abstract: Women now attain bachelor's and graduate degrees at rates that equal or exceed mens. Despite this progress, sex segregation in fields of study persists. Men are more likelythan women to major in science, particularly physical science and engineering, and data indicate that gender convergence among science majors is not likely in the near future. Explanations for the persisting shortfall of women in the physical sciences and engineering must account for broader trends in education and the consequences of women's major choice for their careers and family lives. Using data from the 1980 to 2000 Census and the 2009 American Community Survey, we analyze trends over time inhighly-educated women's occupational choices and the consequences of their choices in terms of marriage, fertility and earnings. Womens career choices, especially in highstatus, demanding occupations in the sciences, have consequences for all three outcomes.
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Authors: Buchmann, Claudia; McDaniel, Anne
Conference Name: Population Association of America
Publisher Location: Washington, D.C.
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Education, Gender
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