Barbara Reskin
Biographic Data
| ID | 226231 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Reskin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Reskin |
| SIGNATURE | RESKIN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Washington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 731 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Race Discrimination System
To understand the persistence of racial disparities across multiple domains (e.g., residential location, schooling, employment, health, housing, credit, and justice) and to develop effective remedies, we must recognize that these domains are reciprocally related and comprise an integrated system. The limited long-run success of government social policies to advance racial justice is due in part to the ad hoc nature of policy responses to various …
Job Queues, Gender Queues
Affirmative Action at School and on the Job
Affirmative action (AA) addresses individuals' exclusion from opportunities based on group membership by taking into account race, sex, ethnicity, and other characteristics. This chapter reviews sociological, economic, historical, and legal scholarship on AA. We first consider the emergence of group-based remedies, how protected groups are defined, and proportional representation as a standard for inclusion. We then summarize the research on AA i…
Women and Men at Work
The authors address issues regarding women and men at work from a comparative, historical, global perspective, and in doing so link social science to the wider concerns of students seeking to make sense of this dramatically changing world
High Hopes
Kanter argued that men's and women's positions in workplace opportunity structures, not their sex, shape their career attitudes. Women attached less importance to promotion than men, according to 1991 General Social Survey data. The authors examine the extent to which this difference stems from the sexes' segregation into jobs with unequal opportunities, as Kanter argued. The findings are largely consistent with Kanter's thesis: Men attached grea…
The Realities of Affirmative Action in Employment
Occupational Segregation by Gender, Race and Ethnicity
Although research has established the persistence of occupational sex segregation and shown that race and ethnicity also segregate workers, we know almost nothing about the joint effects of sex, race and ethnicity on workers' distributions across occupations. This paper uses the 1990 census five-percent PUMS data to investigate the combined effects of workers' sex, race and ethnic ancestry on their distribution across occupations. After classifyi…
For We are Sold, I and My People
Women and Men at Work
Sociology for the Student as Public
Sex Segregation in the Workplace
This chapter reviews research on the segregation of women and men in the workplace. After examining ways to measure segregation, I summarize trends in sex segregation in the United States and cross-nationally. Occupational segregation has declined since 1970, but most workers remain in sex segregated jobs. I then evaluate the empirical support for explanations for segregation. Demand-side explanations include employers' preferences, the demand fo…
Women in Science
Physician Distribution Across Metropolitan Areas
This paper examines the effects of demographic and ecological variables on the distribution of physicians in greater American metropolises. The physicians considered are those in full-time, nonfederal private practice in 1966. By disaggregating the total body of physicians into general practitioners and six medical specially groups it was possible to better specify the factors that should influence their distribution. The communities considered a…
Sex Segregation in the Workplace
This chapter reviews research on the segregation of women and men in the workplace. After examining ways to measure segregation, I summarize trends in sex segregation in the United States and cross-nationally. Occupational segregation has declined since 1970, but most workers remain in sex segregated jobs. I then evaluate the empirical support for explanations for segregation. Demand-side explanations include employers' preferences, the demand fo…
The Race Discrimination System
To understand the persistence of racial disparities across multiple domains (e.g., residential location, schooling, employment, health, housing, credit, and justice) and to develop effective remedies, we must recognize that these domains are reciprocally related and comprise an integrated system. The limited long-run success of government social policies to advance racial justice is due in part to the ad hoc nature of policy responses to various …
High Hopes
Kanter argued that men's and women's positions in workplace opportunity structures, not their sex, shape their career attitudes. Women attached less importance to promotion than men, according to 1991 General Social Survey data. The authors examine the extent to which this difference stems from the sexes' segregation into jobs with unequal opportunities, as Kanter argued. The findings are largely consistent with Kanter's thesis: Men attached grea…
Affirmative Action at School and on the Job
Affirmative action (AA) addresses individuals' exclusion from opportunities based on group membership by taking into account race, sex, ethnicity, and other characteristics. This chapter reviews sociological, economic, historical, and legal scholarship on AA. We first consider the emergence of group-based remedies, how protected groups are defined, and proportional representation as a standard for inclusion. We then summarize the research on AA i…
Occupational Segregation by Gender, Race and Ethnicity
Although research has established the persistence of occupational sex segregation and shown that race and ethnicity also segregate workers, we know almost nothing about the joint effects of sex, race and ethnicity on workers' distributions across occupations. This paper uses the 1990 census five-percent PUMS data to investigate the combined effects of workers' sex, race and ethnic ancestry on their distribution across occupations. After classifyi…
Physician Distribution Across Metropolitan Areas
This paper examines the effects of demographic and ecological variables on the distribution of physicians in greater American metropolises. The physicians considered are those in full-time, nonfederal private practice in 1966. By disaggregating the total body of physicians into general practitioners and six medical specially groups it was possible to better specify the factors that should influence their distribution. The communities considered a…
Women in Science
For We are Sold, I and My People
Women and Men at Work
Physician Distribution Across Metropolitan Areas
This paper examines the effects of demographic and ecological variables on the distribution of physicians in greater American metropolises. The physicians considered are those in full-time, nonfederal private practice in 1966. By disaggregating the total body of physicians into general practitioners and six medical specially groups it was possible to better specify the factors that should influence their distribution. The communities considered a…
Women in Science
Sex Segregation in the Workplace
This chapter reviews research on the segregation of women and men in the workplace. After examining ways to measure segregation, I summarize trends in sex segregation in the United States and cross-nationally. Occupational segregation has declined since 1970, but most workers remain in sex segregated jobs. I then evaluate the empirical support for explanations for segregation. Demand-side explanations include employers' preferences, the demand fo…
Sociology for the Student as Public
Occupational Segregation by Gender, Race and Ethnicity
Although research has established the persistence of occupational sex segregation and shown that race and ethnicity also segregate workers, we know almost nothing about the joint effects of sex, race and ethnicity on workers' distributions across occupations. This paper uses the 1990 census five-percent PUMS data to investigate the combined effects of workers' sex, race and ethnic ancestry on their distribution across occupations. After classifyi…
For We are Sold, I and My People
Women and Men at Work
The Realities of Affirmative Action in Employment
High Hopes
Kanter argued that men's and women's positions in workplace opportunity structures, not their sex, shape their career attitudes. Women attached less importance to promotion than men, according to 1991 General Social Survey data. The authors examine the extent to which this difference stems from the sexes' segregation into jobs with unequal opportunities, as Kanter argued. The findings are largely consistent with Kanter's thesis: Men attached grea…
Women and Men at Work
The authors address issues regarding women and men at work from a comparative, historical, global perspective, and in doing so link social science to the wider concerns of students seeking to make sense of this dramatically changing world
Affirmative Action at School and on the Job
Affirmative action (AA) addresses individuals' exclusion from opportunities based on group membership by taking into account race, sex, ethnicity, and other characteristics. This chapter reviews sociological, economic, historical, and legal scholarship on AA. We first consider the emergence of group-based remedies, how protected groups are defined, and proportional representation as a standard for inclusion. We then summarize the research on AA i…
Job Queues, Gender Queues
The Race Discrimination System
To understand the persistence of racial disparities across multiple domains (e.g., residential location, schooling, employment, health, housing, credit, and justice) and to develop effective remedies, we must recognize that these domains are reciprocally related and comprise an integrated system. The limited long-run success of government social policies to advance racial justice is due in part to the ad hoc nature of policy responses to various …
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Action (physics (2 works) · Affirmative action (2 works) · Demography (2 works)