A NEW METHOD TO UNDERSTAND OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SEGREGATION IN EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKETS Brendan...
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A NEW METHOD TO UNDERSTAND OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SEGREGATION IN EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKETS Brendan Burchell*, Vincent Hardy* Jill Rubery** and Mark Smith***
A NEW METHOD TO UNDERSTAND OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SEGREGATION IN
EUROPEAN LABOUR MARKETS Brendan Burchell*, Vincent Hardy* Jill
Rubery** and Mark Smith*** Advisory Committee on Equal
Opportunities for Women and Men: Brussels, 22 May 2014 *University
of Cambridge, ** University of Manchester *** Grenoble Ecole de
Management
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Context Segregation as the source of many inequalities on the
labour market [but not always negative for women.] Segregation
occurs along various dimensions -- occupation, sector,
public/private, workplace, etc Segregation is remarkably resistant
to efforts to de- segregate. 2
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Why segregation matters segregation matters for gender
inequality narrows employment choices and reinforces gender
stereotypes limit access to higher level jobs Reflection of unequal
division of unpaid work and family responsibilities facilitates the
undervaluation of womens work Protects women from male competition
Supply and demand side debates The big question: Is a womens
disadvantage in the labour market primarily because they are a
woman, or because they do a womans job? 3
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Indicators Existing indicators capture only part of picture and
unable to disaggregate by other factors Change in an indicator may
be the result of a variety of underlying trends Indicators are
sensitive to the coarseness of the measure of occupations (eg
pharmacists as one group or several) The occupational
classification schemes themselves are the outcome of historical
gendered power struggles and compromises to claim and value skills
(thus finer gradations for male-dominated jobs than female jobs)
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Hierarchical Structure of ISCO88 (ISER) Major group Sub-major
group Minor group Unit group 2 Professionals 22 Life science and
health professionals 222 Health professionals (except nursing) 2221
Medical Doctors 2222 Dentists 2223 Vetenariansetc 223 Nurses and
Midwives 5
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Gender Segregation Index for Occupations and Industry Sectors,
EU27. Falling overall, but increasing in some countries 6
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Qualitative Studies Case studies of occupations (eg
Pharmacists, Clerks). Change over longer time periods, WWII,
technologies, gender legislation... Effects of feminisation on
structures, pay, TUs, etc Case studies of employees, esp. as
minorities (eg female construction trades, male midwives) 7
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Scotland's only male midwife: Dad David loves the job he has
done for 25 years THE 53-year-old dad worked as a miner before he
decided to train and become a midwife. 8
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Under-representation of women by country and ISCO 1-digit
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Isco 2-digit by collar and gender mix in EU15 Source: EWCS 2005
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Datasets Technique first developed using 2010 European Working
Conditions Survey Current report based on Labour Force Survey, esp
2010 & 2005 (work-life balance ad hoc module), 2007 (risks)
Note: Attempts to capture and code a respondents occupation is a
bit fuzzy; expect a lot of error 11
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Top occupations ISCO-88 by gender share and volume EU26, 2010
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Example of Mens advantage within each occupation: Supervising
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Different Occupations, Different Risks: 14
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Hours worked by full-timers. Both Women and Men benefit from
shorter hours in female-dominated occupations 15
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Part-Time work for women is more prevalent in female-dominated
occupations 16
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Examining international differences in occupational gender
segregation 17
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18 High Stability in levels of segregation between 2005 and
2010.
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19 The Importance of the Public Sector for Women with Higher
Education: EU-27, 2010
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Ratio of men and womens pay to male average pay EU-27, 2010 20
Women are paid less in almost all occupations. Gap largest for
Business and Admin Professionals and Health Professionals. Reversed
for two extreme male occupations.
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Ratio Cleaners and helpers female pay to average male pay, by
country EU-27, 2010 21 Cleaners Women in Low skilled occupations
receive better pay in more equal countries for example Cleaners and
Helpers
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Ratio teaching professionals female pay to average male pay, by
country EU-27, 2010 22 Teaching Very different pattern for a high
skill female- dominated occupation eg teachers.
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Problems yet to be solved 1 The transition between ISCO-88 and
ISCO-08 2 The policy-makers preference for a simple measure:
proportion of Mixed jobs 40%-60% [a lumpy measure]. 3 Integration
of female labour market participation rates into the analyses. 4
Analysing several forms of gender segregation simultaneously (eg
occupation and workplace). 23
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Last Comments Intuitive approach to complement other measures
and frame analyses within occupations Identification of impact of
segregation Gender effects within jobs (for example, supervision)
Gendering of occupations (for example working time) Tukey 1977
Anything that makes a simpler description possible makes the
description more easily handlable. 24