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Occupation Segregation: A Defense of Human Capital Predictions

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This article examines worker sorting across occupations in response to the risk of death on the job. We use family structure as a proxy for willingness to trade safety for wages to test the proposition that workers with strong aversion to this risk sort ...

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  • Solomon William Polachek, 1985. "Occupation Segregation: A Defense of Human Capital Predictions," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 20(3), pages 437-440.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:20:y:1985:i:3:p:437-440
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    2. Francesco Pastore & Allan Webster, 2017. "Is the gender pay gap in the us just the result of gender segregation at work?," BAFES Working Papers BAFES08, Department of Accounting, Finance & Economic, Bournemouth University.
    3. Thomas DeLeire & Helen Levy, 2001. "Gender, Occupation Choice and the Risk of Death at Work," Working Papers 0122, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago.
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    10. Zuleika Ferré & Máximo Rossi, 2002. "Segregación ocupacional de la mujer en el mercado de trabajo del Uruguay (1986-1997)," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0502, Department of Economics - dECON.
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