Gender, Occupational Segregation, and the Cultural Divide: Are Red States Different than Blue States?

Ann Mari May and Mary G. McGarvey
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Ann Mari May: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mary G. McGarvey: University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Review of Regional Studies, 2017, vol. 47, issue 2, 175-199

Abstract: This paper examines geographic differences in occupational segregation by sex in male-dominated, high-education STEM and non-STEM occupations to determine if labor market conditions for women vary according to red-state/blue-state patterns. Controlling for state demographic variables, economic factors, and labor market characteristics, our results show that there are indeed differences in labor market outcomes along red-state/blue-state lines, with blue states showing more integrated labor market outcomes than red states. Our results suggest that there may indeed be important differences in labor market outcomes for women associated with values differences in red versus blue states.

Keywords: occupational segregation; spatial variation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 R23 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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