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How Should Occupational Sex Segregation be Measured?

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    (Department of Economics at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)

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  • Martin Watts, 1992. "How Should Occupational Sex Segregation be Measured?," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 6(3), pages 475-487, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:6:y:1992:i:3:p:475-487
    DOI: 10.1177/095001709263009
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    1. Karmel, T & Maclachlan, M, 1988. "Occupational Sex Segregation--Increasing or Decreasing?," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 64(186), pages 187-195, September.
    2. Zafiris Tzannatos, 1990. "Employment Segregation: Can We Measure It and What Does the Measure Mean?," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 28(1), pages 105-111, March.
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    1. Falk, Susanne, 2002. "Geschlechtsspezifische berufliche Segregation in Ostdeutschland zwischen Persistenz, Verdrängung und Angleichung : ein Vergleich mit Westdeutschland für die Jahre 1991-2000 (Gender-specific occupation," Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 35(1), pages 37-59.
    2. Martin Watts, 2014. "Spatial indexes: a focus on segregation," Chapters, in: Robert Stimson (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Spatially Integrated Social Science, chapter 15, pages 287-314, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. Robert M. Blackburn & Jennifer Jarman & Janet Siltanen, 1993. "The Analysis of Occupational Gender Segregation Over Time and Place: Considerations of Measurement and Some New Evidence," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 7(3), pages 335-362, September.
    4. O'Brien, Martin, 2006. "The Youth Labour Market in Australia - Implications From Work Choices Legislation," Economics Working Papers wp06-08, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
    5. Gerard Lind & Rebecca Colquhoun, 2021. "Analysis of gender segregation within detailed occupations and industries in Australia," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 24(1), pages 47-69.
    6. Falk, Susanne, 2002. "Geschlechtsspezifische berufliche Segregation in Ostdeutschland zwischen Persistenz, Verdrängung und Angleichung : ein Vergleich mit Westdeutschland für die Jahre 1991-2000 (Gender-specific occupation," Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 35(1), pages 37-59.
    7. Martin J. Watts, 1994. "A Critique of Marginal Matching," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 8(3), pages 421-431, September.
    8. Borghans, L. & Groot, L.M.J., 1999. "Educational presorting as a cause of occupational segregation," ROA Research Memorandum 3E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
    9. Tara Sinclair & Martha Gimbel, 2020. "Mismatch in Online Job Search," Working Papers 2020-1, The George Washington University, Institute for International Economic Policy.
    10. M. Mavrikiou, Petroula & Angelovska, Julijana, 2020. "The Impact Of Sex Segregation By Economic Activity On The Gender Pay Gap Across Europe," UTMS Journal of Economics, University of Tourism and Management, Skopje, Macedonia, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12.
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    12. David Grusky & Maria Charles, 1998. "The past, present, and future of sex segregation methodoloqy," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 35(4), pages 497-504, November.
    13. Jill Rubery & Colette Fagan, 1995. "Gender Segregation in Societal Context," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 9(2), pages 213-240, June.
    14. Hinz, Thomas & Schübel, Thomas, 2001. "Geschlechtersegregation in deutschen Betrieben (Gender segregation in German firms)," Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 34(3), pages 286-301.
    15. Falk, Susanne, 2002. "Geschlechtsspezifische berufliche Segregation in Ostdeutschland zwischen Persistenz, Verdrängung und Angleichung : ein Vergleich mit Westdeutschland für die Jahre 1991-2000 (Gender-specific occupation," Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 35(1), pages 37-59.
    16. Martin Watts, 2003. "The Evolution of Occupational Gender Segregation in Australia: Measurement and Interpretation," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 6(4), pages 631-655, December.
    17. M. Mavrikiou, Petroula & Angelovsk, Julijana, 2020. "Factors Determining Gender Pension Gap In Europe: A Cross National Study," UTMS Journal of Economics, University of Tourism and Management, Skopje, Macedonia, vol. 11(2), pages 151-160.
    18. Martin J. Watts, 1995. "Trends in Occupational Segregation by Race and Gender in the U.S.A., 1983-92: A Multidimensional Approach," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 27(4), pages 1-36, December.
    19. Martin Watts, 1997. "Multidimensional Indexes of Occupational Segregation," Evaluation Review, , vol. 21(4), pages 461-482, August.
    20. Riccardo Leoncini & Mariele Macaluso & Annalivia Polselli, 2023. "Gender Segregation: Analysis across Sectoral-Dominance in the UK Labour Market," Papers 2303.04539, arXiv.org, revised Dec 2023.
    21. Hinz, Thomas & Schübel, Thomas, 2001. "Geschlechtersegregation in deutschen Betrieben (Gender segregation in German firms)," Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 34(3), pages 286-301.
    22. Ray Chaudhury, Anjan & Sinha, Madhabendra, 2019. "Multi-group segregation for nominal and ordinal categorical data: An application to socio-religious groups in India," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, vol. 41(6), pages 1095-1108.

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