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 economies differ in their general magnitudes, the economic downturn affects a temporary reduction of segregation in terms of two dissimilarity measures.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Humpert, Stephan
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Gender Segregation \| Duncan Index \| Karmel-MacLachlan Index \| European Social Survey (ESS) \| General Social Survey (GSS \| )

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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