Miss-Allocation: Occupational Gender Segregation and Gender Composition Preferences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Schuh
Keyword(s):  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Gender Composition ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Occupational Gender Segregation

scholarly journals Elegir ingeniería TIC ante el riesgo de exclusión en el futuro mercado digital=Choosing ICT engineering against the risc of exclusion in the future digital market

2020 ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
María Pilar Sánchez Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Context Analysis ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Occupational Gender Segregation

<p align="left"><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>Este artículo analiza desde una perspectiva de género los factores económicos por los que las grandes multinacionales tecnológicas quieren atraer a las mujeres al mercado laboral TIC. El análisis de contexto presenta un sector masculinizado, con un 80% de titulados en ingeniería informática y en el que, de cada cien profesionales, setenta y ocho son hombres. El artículo ahonda en los factores sociales por lo que persiste la segregación ocupacional de género y las relaciones de género que alejan a las mujeres de la tecnología. Las múltiples formas de organizar el trabajo en este sector abren nuevas posibilidades para la conciliación laboral y familiar.</p><p align="left"><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>This article analyses from a gender perspective the economic factors by which large technology multinationals want to attract women to the ICT labour market. The context analysis presents a masculinized sector with 80% of graduates in computer engineering and in which, out of every one hundred professionals, seventy-eight are men. The article delves into social factors so that occupational gender segregation persists and gender relations keep women away from technology. The multiple ways of organising work in this sector open up new possibilities for reconciling work and family life.</p>

Changes in the gender segregation of occupations in Sweden between 2003 and 2011

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Gonäs ◽  
Anders Wikman ◽  
Marjan Vaez ◽  
Kristina Alexanderson ◽  
Klas Gustafsson
Keyword(s):  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Disability Pension ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Gender Composition ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Skilled Professional ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Occupational Gender Segregation

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze possible changes in the gender composition of occupations in Sweden, using register data covering the whole working population. Methods: Cross tabulations on gender by occupation were computed and comparisons made of numbers and proportions of women and men aged 20–64 years to illustrate occupational gender-segregation categories in 2003 and 2011, respectively. All of those in working ages, employed in 2003 and 2011 (4.2 resp 4.7 millions individuals), were included. Differences in the distribution of women and men in all occupations were summarized using two gender-segregation indexes from 2003 and 2011, separately. Results: The proportion of women increased in the gender-integrated (⩾40–<60% women) occupations. Also, the proportion of women in high-skilled professional occupations in the male-dominated category increased, as well as the proportion of men in mostly low-skilled female-dominated occupations, mainly in the service sector. The gender-segregation of occupations measured by the Index of Dissimilarly and the Karmel and MacLachlan Index was lower in 2011 than in 2003. Conclusions: The process of de-segregation has continued during our study period, from 2003 to 2011. The proportion of women increased in occupations that demand higher education, both in gender-integrated and in male-dominated occupations, which can contribute to a decrease in the level of sickness absence for women. Men increased their proportion in low-skilled, female-dominated occupations – a group with high levels of sickness absence or disability pension.

Occupational Gender Segregation and the Earnings Gap: Changes in the 1980s

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-454 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.A. Cotter ◽  
J.M. Defiore ◽  
J.M. Hermsen ◽  
B.M. Kowalewski ◽  
R. Vanneman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Earnings Gap ◽  
Occupational Gender ◽  
Occupational Gender Segregation
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