The aim of this article is twofold:(1) to descriptively explore the evolution of occupational
segregation of women and men of different racial/ethnic groups in the United States during …

While the existence of occupational gender segregation is well known, it has been usual to
see it as a reflection of women's disadvantage. However, cross-national data show that the …

Purpose–To develop measures of segregation that are appropriate when either the groups
or the organizational units are defined by ordered categories. These methods allow the …

This paper studies occupational segregation by ethnicity/race and gender by following a
new approach that facilitates multigroup comparisons and econometric analyses to take into …

This article presents a new approach to measuring the most important dimension of gender
segregation–the vertical dimension–in quantitative survey data. This, in turn, allows for a …

This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of
occupations after apartheid in South Africa. Empirical analysis, using census microdata and …

Empirical studies of gender segregation by occupation must be founded on rigorous
measurement procedures. There appears to be a consensus that any index used in the …

In spite of progress made since the 1950s and 1960s, black, Indian, Pakistani and
Bangladeshi workers remain disadvantaged relative to whites in terms of their labour market …

When considering labor market inequality across different demographic groups in society, it
is natural for most individuals to think of discrimination as the most likely explanation. Since …

This paper proposes a theoretical framework in which to study the segregation of a target
group in a multigroup context, which can be labeled as local segregation. In doing so, this …