Limited Access: Occupational Composition and Flexible Work Scheduling.

A large body of work indicates that female-dominated jobs pay less than gender-integrated jobs. Only a handful of studies have analyzed differences in access to flexible work arrangements between female-dominated and integrated jobs, and their findings are inconclusive. The current study draws on national data to explore differences in access to flexible work scheduling by the gender composition of women's and men's jobs. I find that those who work in integrated occupations, industries, or jobs are more likely to have access to flexible scheduling. Compensating wage differentials do not explain differences in access to flexible scheduling, as women and men do not take jobs with lower pay in return for greater access to flexibility. Instead, jobs with higher pay offer greater flexibility. Men who have female supervisors are more likely to have access to flexible scheduling, but women who have female supervisors are not more likely to have access to flexible scheduling. Despite popular perceptions, female-dominated jobs do not offer greater flexibility to women or to men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]