Gendered occupations: Exploring the relationship between gender segregation and inequality

International Sociology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 289-315

  Blackburn, Robert M ^a,c   Jarman, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CLARE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national labour trends; Gender inequality; Gender segregation; Occupational segregation; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646682569     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580906061380     Document Type: Article

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