Gender segregation and social change
Subtitle: men and women in changing labour markets
By: edited by Alison MacEwen Scott.
Contributors: Scott, Alison MacEwen.
Series: The social change and economic life initiative
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Sexual division of labor -- Great Britain -- Case studies.; Sexual division of labor -- Great Britain -- Surveys.; Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- Surveys.; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Description: Despite profound economic and social changes in Britain during the 1980s, men and women remain highly segregated at work; a segregation strongly related to inequalities in pay, career prospects, and employment protection. This book analyses the nature and significance of gender segregation within the context of labour market change.

The analysis has many novel features. These include the combination of different social science approaches; the integration of demand and supply explanations; systematic comparisons between 'male' and 'female' jobs; the incorporation of work history and life cycle variables, and the investigation of 'sexist attitudes' and the sex-labelling of jobs.

The effects of social change are analysed through employer, industry, and locality case studies. The results show that the sex ratio of a job is an important aspect of labour market structure, whether or not gender is the focus of study, and that desegregation is still a long way off.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.