Occupational Gender Segregation and Women's Wages in Canada: An Historical Perspective

Nicole M. Fortin and Michael Huberman

Canadian Public Policy, 2002, vol. 28, issue s1, pages 11-39

Abstract: We document the evolution of occupational gender segregation and its implications for women's labour market outcomes over the twentieth century. The first half of the century saw a considerable decline in vertical segregation as women moved out of domestic and manufacturing work into clerical work. This created a substantial amount of horizontal segregation that persists to this day. To study the effects of occupational segregation on the gender gap, we introduce a decomposition technique that divides the gap into between-occupation and within-occupation components. Since the 1990s the component attributable to within-occupation wage differentials has become predominant.

Date: 2002
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