More than 'Mutual Information': Educational and Sectoral Gender Segregation and their Interaction on the Flemish Labour Market

Tom Van Puyenbroeck, Karolien De Bruyne () and Luc Sels ()
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Tom Van Puyenbroeck: Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel (HUB), Belgium; KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven

No 2010/29, Working Papers from Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussel, Faculteit Economie en Management

Abstract: We build on the Information Theory foundations of the Mutual Information Index of Segregation [Mora and Ruiz-Castillo, 2003; Frankel and Volij, 2007] to analyze two horizontal dimensions of gender segregation on the labour market. We provide a novel, three-way additive decomposition of their effects on overall segregation. Using survey data from 41,712 Flemish employees, we fi?nd that choice of study fi?eld has a larger effect on overall segregation than sectoral choice. Their mutual interaction is negative, indicating that sectoral segregation, although low, is still partly explained by educational choices.

Pages: 29 page
Date: 2010-09
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Journal Article: More than ‘Mutual Information’: Educational and sectoral gender segregation and their interaction on the Flemish labor market (2012)
Working Paper: More than 'mutual information': educational and sectoral gender segregation and their interaction on the Flemish labour market (2010)
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