More women, lower pay? Occupational sex composition, wages and wage growth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2301008 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charlotta Magnusson (0000-0002-4831-635X, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 227-245 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Sociologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0001699313484480 |
| OpenAlex | W2072537534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 34 |
Research consistently shows that the share of females in an occupation is negatively associated with wages, and this has frequently been interpreted as an expression of devaluation of women's work. However, few studies have described the detailed shape of the relationship between wages and occupational sex composition. Using Swedish register data from 2001 and 2003, I advance our understanding of the devaluation process by studying the functional form more closely in both the cross-section and panel. The analyses reveal a non-linear relationship between sex composition and wages, where the highest wages for both men and women are earned in sex-integrated occupations. Second, studying the wage payoffs of people moving across occupations with varying sex compositions shows that both sexes gain by moving to relatively sex-integrated occupations (about 25 to 54% female
Composition (language · Demographic economics · Devaluation · Economics · Exchange rate · Labour economics · Sex segregation · Sociology · Wage · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
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| Citations per year | 2,09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |