TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dolado, Juan J.
AU  - Felgueroso, Florentino
AU  - Jimeno, Juan F.
        TI  - Recent Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender: A Look Across the Atlantic
        PY  - 2002/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 524
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp524
        AB  - 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.



        KW  - gender occupational segregation
KW  - gender wage gaps
KW  - part-time jobs
        ER  -