Who Works and Why

Kyrk, Hazel

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“…Including houseworkers in an occupational analysis broadens the picture of women's mobility with regard to the segregation of work. Researchers from the 1940s (Kyrk 1947) to the present (Budig and England 2001) have analyzed the effect of women's spells outside the paid labor force, but the data used for such studies count houseworking women as out of the labor force. We can address this question by using the longitudinal property of the CPS to track women from one year to the next.…”

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The Gender Division of Labor

Cohen

2004

Gender & Society

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This article explores the effect of women’s movement into the labor market on the gender segregation of work, using the Current Population Survey from 1972 to 1993. The author includes as working those respondents who were “keeping house” and codes keeping house as an occupation. The results show higher estimates of gender segregation, and slightly steeper declines over time, than were seen in previous studies. Analysis of one-year longitudinal changes reveals less movement out of female-dominated occupations when keeping house is included as an occupation. Finally, a decomposition of the segregation trend shows that the movement of women away from keeping house contributed as much to the overall decline in gender segregation as did the desegregation of paid occupations. The author concludes that the movement of women’s work from the household to the labor market has been a driving force in the changing nature of gender inequality.

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Section: Revolving Doorsmentioning

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The Gender Division of Labor

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