A Ratioanl Learning Model of Gender Segregation in Labour Markets

R. Breen and Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa

Economics Papers from Economics Group, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Abstract: In indusrialized countries, men and women tend to work in different occupations. Particularly striking is the degree to which gender segregation has persisted despite changes in legislation, employers' attitudes and preferences. This paper presents a possible explanation of such persistence when agentshave imperfect information about their probability of success in different occupations.

Keywords: LABOUR ECONOMICS; DEMOGRAPHY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44 pages
Date: 1997
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