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Gender integration of occupations in the federal civil service: Extent and effects on male-female earnings

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  • Gregory B. Lewis
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    Using the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's Central Personnel Data File, the author shows that from 1976 through 1992 gender integration of occupations proceeded more rapidly and steadily in the federal civil service than in the general economy. During that period, increasing numbers of women moved into traditionally male occupations, especially in professional and administrative work. Little of that progress, the author finds, was attributable to changes in women's education or seniority. Although average grades (indicating levels of responsibility) in male-dominated occupations declined as women entered them, gender integration of occupations helped to narrow male-female pay disparities in the federal service more than in the general economy. (Abstract courtesy JSTOR.)

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    Article provided by ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School in its journal ILR Review.

    Volume (Year): 49 (1996)
    Issue (Month): 3 (April)
    Pages: 472-483

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    Handle: RePEc:ilr:articl:v:49:y:1996:i:3:p:472-483

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    1. Frankel, David M. & Volij, Oscar, 2007. "Measuring Segregation," Staff General Research Papers 12818, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    2. Steve Bradley & Colin Green & J Mangan, 2011. "Gender wage gaps within a public sector: Evidence from personnel data," Working Papers 615584, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.
    3. Heather Antecol & Deborah Cobb-Clark, 2004. "The changing nature of employment-related sexual harassment: Evidence from the U.S. federal government, 1978-1994," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 57(3), pages 443-461, April.
    4. David Frankel & Oscar Volij, 2005. "Scale-Invariant Measures of Segregation," Economic theory and game theory 018, Oscar Volij.

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