question: (i) the emerging trends in couples’ earnings structure, and (ii) the extent to which more equal earnings relates to … have been driven by the economic crisis or to be part of a continuing trend towards more gender-equal couple earnings …

This report presents a new way of investigating gender segregation by occupation. The analyses show conclusively that … the nature of the occupation itself is important, above and beyond whether an occupation is male-dominated, female …-dominated or mixed, and above and beyond whether an occupation is blue-collar or white-collar. In other words, occupation matters …