This paper investigates occupational segregation by gender in the Finnish private sector during the period 1995 … genders have decreased during the investigation period occupational segregation by gender is still high in the Finnish labour … industry. Segregation is much higher in the male-dominated industries than in the female-dominated or in the gender …

Unequal division of labor within families is often mentioned as one of the main factors behind the gender wage gap …. However, the research that explicitly focuses on the mechanisms through which the family type affects women’s wages is … on women’s investments in human capital, such as work experience. The results show that even though mothers’ lower level …