Even though women today constitute the majority of higher education graduates, they still
earn considerably less than their male counterparts. Previous research demonstrates that …

In the past four decades, women have made major inroads into occupations previously
dominated by men. This paper examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied …

As men are overrepresented in lucrative fields and women disproportionately graduate from
disciplines that yield low wages in the labour market, horizontal sex segregation in higher …

Auf dem westdeutschen Arbeitsmarkt zeigt sich eine stabile berufliche
Geschlechtersegregation, die auf Individualebene häufig als Erklärung für die niedrigeren …

In Western countries women have caught up with men regarding their level of education (eg,
Buchmann et al. 2008; see also Hadjar, Chapter 10 in this volume). Overall, women are as …

Symbolic valuation is an important but overlooked aspect of gendered processes of
inequality in the occupation structure. Prior work has largely focused on the material …

Using the Labour Force Survey 2013, this paper examines gender differences in holding
supervisory positions in 26 European countries and relates these differences to horizontal …

The purpose of this article is to determine whether there is a relationship between the
proportion of women working in an occupation and the prestige assigned to that occupation …

Proponents of the devaluation hypothesis claim that occupations experiencing a significant
inflow of female workers are devalued, both in status and in pay. We suggest that …

The duty of the permanent supervisors, each of whom is a mining engineer, is to ensure that
the operational activities are conducted efficiently in line with the production plan in the …