Occupational feminization, specialized human capital and wages: Evidence from the British labour market

Arbeitspapier

Research has consistently demonstrated a negative and significant relationship between occupational feminization and wages. This has traditionally been attributed to societal mechanisms undervaluing the work mainly performed by women. More recently, empirical evidence from the US and Europe has supported theories based on the concept of specialized human capital. We examine whether lower wages in female-dominated occupations in Britain are explained by differences in specialized human capital, allowing for other potentially mediating factors. We also explore the functional form of the relationship between occupational feminization and wages and estimate the contribution of occupational sex-segregation to the gender pay-gap.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2010-31

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
• Thema: sex-segregation ; human capital ; skills ; specialization ; devaluation ; Weibliche Arbeitskräfte ; Geschlechterdiskriminierung ; Qualifikation ; Humankapital ; Lohn ; Industriestaaten

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Perales, Francisco
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
• (wo): Colchester
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/66001
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ