Occupational Gender Segregation in European Labour Markets – New Method to Understand
Author: WUNRN
Date: November 4, 2015
OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SEGREGATION IN EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKETS – NEW METHOD TO UNDERSTAND
Direct Link to Full 166-Page 2014 European Commission Report:
http://ec.europa.eu/justice/gender-equality/files/documents/150119_segregation_report_web_en.pdf
What is the Impact of Segregation?
One of the strengths of this approach to exploring segregation is the possibility to analyse the interaction between segregation and job quality outcomes. For example, in the case of supervisory responsibilities we find that opportunities for supervisory responsibilities are highly concentrated in certain occupations for both women and men and these opportunities tend to be low in female-dominated occupations. Men are also more likely to be supervisors than women in every single occupational group, even the most female-dominated ones. Similarly gender pay gaps in favour of men exist in almost all occupations but average pay levels within female-dominated and male dominated occupations vary according to the nature of the work. This means that some female-dominated occupations provide average pay levels for women as well as men that exceed men’s average pay in the labour market as a whole.
Categories: Releases