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Reproducing Occupational Inequality: Motherhood and Occupational Segregation

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  • Becky Pettit
  • Jennifer Hook

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We consider how motherhood is associated with occupational segregation, paying careful attention to how motherhood affects labor force withdrawal in ways that may obscure its relevance for occupational segregation. Using data on 12 countries from the Luxembourg Income Study (2000-2007), we find that mothers are more likely than childless women to be out of the labor force and both over- and under-represented in certain occupations. There is considerable variation across countries, consistent with expectations derived from considering how states reconcile, or fail to reconcile, women’s employment and motherhood.

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  • Becky Pettit & Jennifer Hook, 2015. "Reproducing Occupational Inequality: Motherhood and Occupational Segregation," LIS Working papers 481, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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