1. Occupational gender segregation: index measurement and econometric modeling.
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Watts, Martin and Watts, M
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OCCUPATIONS , *OCCUPATIONAL segregation , *DEMOGRAPHY , *OCCUPATIONAL mobility , *SEX discrimination , *INDEXES - Abstract
Empirical studies of gender segregation by occupation must be founded on rigorous measurement procedures. There appears to be a consensus that any index used in the analysis of time-series or international cross-section employment data must be either margin-free or decomposable to yield a margin-free component. On the other hand, Charles and Grusky (1995) advocate the use of multiplicative log models from which a margin-free odds ratio can be derived. In this paper, I contrast the construction and interpretation of the index of dissimilarity and the Karmel-MacLachlan index with the multiplicative modeling of gender segregation and the associated log index. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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