Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession

Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession

Pooled international survey data is used to analyze occupational segregation in times of the great recession. Observing over 30 European economies and the United States over a time span of 10 years, I present evidence of a somehow surprising crisis effect on gender-based segregation. While all econo...

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Main Author: Stephan HUMPERT
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: General Association of Economists from Romania 2015-12-01
Series:Theoretical and Applied Economics
Subjects:
Gender Segregation
Duncan Index
Karmel-MacLachlan Index
European Social Survey (ESS)
General Social Survey (GSS)
Online Access: http://store.ectap.ro/articole/1130.pdf
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spelling doaj-164591d56ca949aba986b8fc03bd93e72020-11-24T23:34:02ZengGeneral Association of Economists from RomaniaTheoretical and Applied Economics1841-86781844-00292015-12-01XXII4536218418678Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great RecessionStephan HUMPERT0 Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany Pooled international survey data is used to analyze occupational segregation in times of the great recession. Observing over 30 European economies and the United States over a time span of 10 years, I present evidence of a somehow surprising crisis effect on gender-based segregation. While all economies differ in their general magnitudes, the economic downturn affects a temporary reduction of segregation in terms of two dissimilarity measures. http://store.ectap.ro/articole/1130.pdf Gender SegregationDuncan IndexKarmel-MacLachlan IndexEuropean Social Survey (ESS)General Social Survey (GSS)
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Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession
Theoretical and Applied Economics
Gender Segregation
Duncan Index
Karmel-MacLachlan Index
European Social Survey (ESS)
General Social Survey (GSS)
author_facet Stephan HUMPERT
author_sort Stephan HUMPERT
title Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession
title_short Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession
title_full Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession
title_fullStr Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession
title_full_unstemmed Gender-based Segregation before and after the Great Recession
title_sort gender-based segregation before and after the great recession
publisher General Association of Economists from Romania
series Theoretical and Applied Economics
issn 1841-8678
1844-0029
publishDate 2015-12-01
description Pooled international survey data is used to analyze occupational segregation in times of the great recession. Observing over 30 European economies and the United States over a time span of 10 years, I present evidence of a somehow surprising crisis effect on gender-based segregation. While all economies differ in their general magnitudes, the economic downturn affects a temporary reduction of segregation in terms of two dissimilarity measures.
topic Gender Segregation
Duncan Index
Karmel-MacLachlan Index
European Social Survey (ESS)
General Social Survey (GSS)
url http://store.ectap.ro/articole/1130.pdf
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