Changes in the Structure of Work and the Sexual Composition of Occupations: 1870-1900.

Autor/inn/en	Hudis, Paula M.; und weitere
Titel	Changes in the Structure of Work and the Sexual Composition of Occupations: 1870-1900.
Quelle	(1978), (46 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; Employment Opportunities; Employment Patterns; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Females; History; Labor Market; Models; Occupational Segregation; Occupations; Research Methodology; Research Needs; Sex Discrimination; Sex Role; Social Change; Social Stratification; Social Structure; Socioeconomic Influences; Trend Analysis; United States History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Analogiemodell; Berufsumfeld; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsbedarf; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Geschlechterrolle; Sozialer Wandel; Soziale Zusammensetzung; Sozialstruktur; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Trendanalyse
Abstract	Research on economic and employment opportunities for men and women has not focused enough on structural features of the labor market. Structural features, which influence worker's capacities to translate their human resources into labor market achievements, include profitability of industries, strength of worker organizations, skill requirements, permeability of labor market boundaries, and occupational sex segregation. A model based on shifts in occupational gender composition can help explain occupational segregation during a period of substantial industrial growth (1870-1900). Such a model can also be extended to other periods. Case histories of approximately 50 occupations (milliners, actors, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientific personnel, potters, for example) during the late 19th century illustrate the hypothesized occupational sex segregation. The model explains this segregation in terms of social definitions of occupations as women's work or men's work, differential acquisition of skills by gender, projected employment stability of males and females, and level of industrialization. On the basis of occupational sex segregation patterns from 1870-1900, it is concluded that present patterns of employment are influenced by the past, high status occupations continue to exclude women, and decreases in occupational segregation will occur only when labor market boundaries are rendered less rigid. (DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC