Gender, Earnings, and Proportions of Women
Lessons from a High-Tech Occupation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2369256 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gillian Ranson (University of Calgary), William Joseph Reeves (University of Calgary) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 168-184 |
| Publication date | 1996-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-2432 • E-ISSN: 1552-3977 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089124396010002005 |
| OpenAlex | W2153714797 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 23 |
This article examines gender discrimination in earnings and promotions in a sample of 451 computer professionals employed by 14 organizations in a western Canadian city. The data suggest that women computer professionals do less well than their male counterparts in terms of income and job status; the differences are largely attributable to differences in work experience. Strength apparently does not lie in numbers, however. Organizations that hire relatively more women computer professionals seem to choose those who are less well educated and less experienced than their male employees; they reward them correspondingly less well. The authors argue that the different proportions of women are the result of predictable strategies of recruitment aimed at limiting women's access to positions of authority
Business · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Limiting · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges · Finance
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Family Investments in Human Capital
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2020 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |