Gender Segregation and Social Change

Men and Women in Changing Labour Markets

By: Alison MacEwen Scott (Editor)

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Hardcover | 8 December 1994

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Despite profound economic and social changes in Britain during the 1980s, men and women remain highly segregated at work; a segregation strongly related to inequalities in pay, career prospects, and employment protection. This book analyses the nature and significance of gender segregation within the context of labour market change. The analysis has many novel features. These include a combination of economic and sociological approaches; the integration of demand and supply explanations; systematic comparisons between 'male' and 'female' jobs; the incorporation of work history and life cycle variables; and the investigation of 'sexist attitudes' and the sex-labelling of jobs. The effects of social change are analysed through employer, industry, and locality case studies. The results show that the sex ratio of a job is an important aspect of labour market structure, whether or not gender is the focus of the study, and that desegregation is still a long way off. Contributors: Brendan Burchell, Rosemary Crompton, Sara Horrell, John Lovering, Alison MacEwen Scott, Ann Martin, Roger Penn, Jill Rubery, Kay Sanderson, Hilda Scattergood, Peter Sloane, Carolyn Vogler

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`Alison Macewen Scott explains the main findings clearly in an excellent introduction ... This collection provides interesting, detailed information on the labour market and gender segregation and will be welcomed by social scientists with a specific interest in this area.' Times Higher Education Supplement `an impressive volume, examining a single central theme via different research methodologies, and reaching clear conclusions' Work, Employment and Society

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List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on the Contributors
Gender Segregation and the SCELI Research	p. 1
Segregation, Sexism, and Labour Supply	p. 39
Divided Women: Labour Market Segmentation and Gender Segregation	p. 80
'And never the twain shall meet'? Gender Segregation and Work Histories	p. 121
The Gender Wage Differential and Discrimination in the Six SCELI Local Labour Markets	p. 157
Part-time Work and Gender Inequality in the Labour Market	p. 205
Gender Segregation in the Retail Industry	p. 235
The Gendered Restructuring of Employment in the Finance Sector	p. 271
Gender, Technology, and Employment Change in Textiles	p. 301
Employers, the Sex-Typing of Jobs, and Economic Restructuring	p. 329
Methodological Appendix	p. 356
Index	p. 367
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