%0 Report
        %A Dolado, Juan J.
%A Felgueroso, Florentino
%A Jimeno, Juan F.
        %T Recent Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender: A Look Across the Atlantic
        %D 2002
        %8 2002 Jul
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 524
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp524
        %X In this paper, we analyse the recent patterns of occupational segregation by gender in the EU
countries vis-à-vis the US. Given the lack of long time-series data on homogeneous LFS data
about occupations and educational attainments for male and female workers in EU countries,
we use a single cross section corresponding to 1999 as the basis of comparison, hoping to
uncover convergence trends by examining whether the EU-Us differentials in gender
occupational segregation decline across age cohorts. The main findings of our study are: (i)
gender segregation has been declining across age cohorts in the case of female graduates
and has remained steady for those with lower educational levels; in particular, the level of
segregation for the former group is higher in the EU than in the US; (ii) gender segregation
seems to be positively correlated with the share of part-time jobs; and (iii) there is some
evidence, albeit a weak one, that the gender wage gap and occupational segregation are
positively correlated, particularly when the Scandinavian countries are excluded from the
sample.



        %K gender occupational segregation
%K gender wage gaps
%K part-time jobs