Gender and Jobs: Sex Segregation of Occupations in the WorldThis book presents a comprehensive analysis of the levels and recent changes in the sex segregation of occupations. It is based on a unique new ILO data set which contains detailed occupational data from 41 countries or territories from all regions of the world. As shown by new evidence presented here, well over half of all non-agricultural workers in the sample countries and areas work in an occupation where one sex dominates to such an extent that at least 80 per cent of workers are either men or women. This negatively affects economic efficiency and labour market flexibility as well as perpetuating and reinforcing gender stereotypes in society. A number of findings will surprise readers, such as the higher level of occupational segregation in Scandinavia as compared to other industrialized countries, the lower level of occupational segregation in Asia as compared to Europe, the recent decreases in segregation in only some parts of the world, and the truly restricted and sex-stereotyped choice of occupations open to the world's women. |
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Review of crossnational studies of occupational segregation by | 38 |
Description of study data and occupational segregation statistics | 51 |
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80 per cent analysis Angola approximately Asia/Pacific Average unweighted Bahrain cent female change in ID75 Chapter China clerical compared Costa Rica countries and areas countries or areas Cyprus decrease digit disaggregation East and North employment Europe example FDOM female share female-concentrated female-dominated occupations feminization Fiji Finland gender gender-dominated occupations Ghana Haiti Hong Kong ID75 values IDHALF increase indicates inequality statistics Japan Kuwait labour market latest available level of occupational Maids and related Mauritius MDOM Middle East national occupational classification national values Netherlands Netherlands Antilles non-ag non-agricultural labour force non-agricultural occupations North Africa Norway number of occupations observed occupational classification occupational data occupational segregation OECD countries OECD subregions one-digit percentage female percentage points PFEM Region/country/area related workers relatively low Representation ratio Scandinavia segregation by sex Senegal services workers sex segregation study countries study countries/areas study data Sweden Table TDOM tion Transition Economies Tunisia unweighted averages women workers
References to this book
Women's Employment in Europe: Trends and Prospects Colette Fagan,Jill Rubery,Mark Smith No preview available - 2004 |