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Title: Stalled Progress? Gender Segregation and Wage Inequality Among Managers, 1980-2000

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Publication Year: 2009

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Abstract: Trends toward gender equality largely stalled in the 1990s, but the progressof women in management was mixed. Given the importance of managers asactors in the reproduction of inequality, and managerial positions as rewardsin their own right, this study investigates the relative status of women inmanagement over the past two decades, using U.S. Decennial Census datafrom 1980 to 2000. The authors find that womens entry into managementoccupations slowed markedly in the 1990s. Furthermore, after decreasing inthe 1980s, gender segregation among managers rebounded sharply upward inthe 1990s. However, greater segregation coincided with a decreasing genderearnings gap, which largely resulted from narrowing gaps within integrated ormale-dominated managerial occupations. Finally, there remains a substantialearnings penalty for managers who work in female-dominated occupations.

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Authors: Cohen, Philip N.; Huffman, Matt L.; Knauer, Stefanie

Periodical (Full): Journal of Work and Occupations

Issue: 4

Volume: 36

Pages: 318-342

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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