Ambition, Discrimination, and Occupational Attainment: A Study of British Cohort

Barry Harper and Mohammad Haq

Oxford Economic Papers, 2001, vol. 53, issue 4, 695-720

Abstract: Examining British cohort data we find significant differences in the occupational aspirations of boys and girls at age 16 that appear to follow a traditional pattern. To isolate the effect of gender hiring bias on occupational attainment a conditional hiring model is estimated. This separates the occupational preferences of workers to join a pool of job applicants from the hiring decision of employers. Conditional on occupational preferences, we find, in general, no evidence of hiring bias against women except in manual/craft occupations. Failure to control for differences in career aspirations, in this study, produces an overestimate of the extent of occupational sex discrimination of around 60%. Copyright 2001 by Oxford University Press.

Date: 2001
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