Trends in occupational segregation: What happened with women and foreigners in Germany?

Humpert, Stephan (2014): Trends in occupational segregation: What happened with women and foreigners in Germany?

Abstract

We use recent German survey data for over three decades to analyze long-run trends in occupational segregation. Segregation declines for both women and foreigners in Germany. However, using different ISCO classifications in given years, segregation tends to be a rather stable phenomenon.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Occupational Segregation; Gender; Immigration; Dissimilarity Index; Karmel-MacLachlan Index
• Subjects: J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants ; Non-labor Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J16 - Economics of Gender ; Non-labor Discrimination; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor > J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity

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