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Title: Occupational Sex Segregation and Marriage: The Romantic Cost of Gender-Deviant Jobs

Citation Type: Conference Paper

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: In this paper I consider the possible mechanisms by which occupation sex segregation might be associated with the odds of marriage. I use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) to estimate the odds of marriage over a period of fourteen years as a function of occupational and personal characteristics. I find that both women and men benefit from making gender-typical occupational choices. Additionally, men are penalized from working in female-dominated occupations. In a supplementary analysis I use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health 1994-2008 (Add Health) to investigate whether these findings might be attributed to stereotypic differences in sexual orientation or in personal attractiveness.

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Authors: McClintock, Elizabeth Aura

Conference Name: Population Association of America

Publisher Location: Washington, D.C.

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Gender, Labor Force and Occupational Structure

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