Occupational Inequality, Gender and Life-Cycle

Angela Dale
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Angela Dale: Stratification and Employment Group Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford GU2 5XH

Work, Employment & Society, 1987, vol. 1, issue 3, 326-351

Abstract: This paper uses theories of labour market segmentation to analyse occupational inequalities based upon gender and life-cycle. It is argued that the labour market forms the arena where negotiation over occupational position takes place but that the bargaining power which men and women bring to the labour market depends not only upon experience and qualifications but also upon the conditions under which labour is supplied. The paper explores the way in which supply conditions, as well as demand factors, are important in segmenting the labour market and the way in which these act to the disadvantage of women during the course of family formation.

Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017087001003004

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