Occupational differences by gender remain a common feature of labor markets. We begin by documenting recent trends in … that emphasize the role of gender differences in psychological traits, preferences for non-pecuniary (family-friendly) job …'s occupational choices and the gender wage gap. Finally, we consider the role of gender identity and social norms in shaping …

effect is that initially routine-intensive local labor markets experienced greater occupational gender integration. College …

occupations in which they are employed. -- non-cognitive skills ; occupation ; youth ; gender …

We estimate the relationship between wages and occupational gender segregation in Sweden. Because of high wage equality … supports this hypothesis. We also investigate how the unexplained gender wage gap vary across occupations and find that this …

This paper updates the major study by Macpherson and Hirsch (1995) of the effect of the gender composition of … of the gender wage gap. An updated longitudinal analysis using the CPS data is also provided. This examination of two … advantage of offering a longer panel. Analysis of the former suggests the reduction in gender composition effects observed for …

In this paper, we develop a gender-specific crosswalk based on dual-coded Current Population Survey data to bridge the … sources. We show that our gender-specific crosswalk more accurately captures the trends in occupational segregation that are …. -- occupational segregation ; gender ; discrimination …

Occupational choices remain strongly segregated by gender, for reasons not yet fully understood. In this paper, we use … suggests that this variable is by any statistical measure among the most important proximate predictors of occupational gender … additional data, we finally also show that the gender difference in occupational preferences is largely independent of individual …