Theories of occupational segregation by sex: an overview.

A review of the principal theoretical explanations for the existence and persistence of occupational segregation by sex. These explanations are the neoclassical, human capital model, which assumes that workers and employers are rational and that labor markets function efficiently; institutional and...

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Publicado en:International Labour Review Vol. 136; no. 3; pp. 315 - 340
Autor principal: Anker, Richard
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Autumn 1997
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