Occupational segregation and the tipping phenomenon: The contrary case of court reporting in the USA

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-161

  Jacobsen, Joyce P ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Court reporting; Gender wage differentials; Occupational segregation

Indexed keywords

FEMINIZATION; GENDER ISSUE; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WAGE GAP;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847296616     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2007.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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