 Gender-based occupational segregation in the 1990sAnker, Richard,, Helinä. Melkas and Ailsa. Korten ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Abstract: Describes the types, causes and impact of gender-based occupational segregation and examines current levels in 15 countries. Investigates how this segregation has changed during the 1990s in terms of female participation in the labour force, index of dissimilarity, gender-dominated occupations, the gender composition of new occupations and the largest female and male dominated occupations. Discusses policies for reducing segregation and describes general types of measures to help increase equality of opportunity in employment. Keywords: sexual division of labour; women workers; labour force participation; female occupation.; male occupation; trend; woman manager; computer programmer; equal employment opportunity.; division du travail basée sur le sexe; travailleuses; taux d'activité; profession féminine; profession masculine; tendance; femme cadre; programmeur; égalité des chances dans l'emploi; división del trabajo por sexo; trabajadoras; tasa de actividad de mano de obra; profesión femenina; profesión masculina; tendencia; empresaria; programador; igualdad de oportunidades en el empleo (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Working paper series, InFocus Programme on Promoting the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:993665943402676 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC. |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.