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The Measurement of Segregation in the Labor Force

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  • © 1999

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Authors:
  1. Yves Flückiger

    1. Department of Economics, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland

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  2. Jacques Silber

    1. Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 1-3

  3. Measuring the Concentration of Women in Specific Occupations and Industries

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 5-31

  4. On the Concept of Occupational Segregation

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 33-51

  5. Cardinal Measures of Occupational Segregation

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 53-75

  6. The Comparison of the Performance of the Different Segregation Indices

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 77-87

  7. The Ordinal Approach to the Study of Occupational Segregation by Gender

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 89-108

  8. The Decomposition by Population Subgroups of Segregation by Gender in the Labor Force

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 109-124

  9. The Analysis of Changes and Differences in Occupational Segregation by Gender

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 125-133

  10. The Multidimensional Analysis of Segregation in the Labor Force

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 135-141

  11. From Occupational Segregation to Wage Discrimination by Gender

    • Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber
    Pages 143-166

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 167-176
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About this book

When considering labor market inequality across different demographic groups in society, it is natural for most individuals to think of discrimination as the most likely explanation. Since the pioneering work of University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate Gary Becker, there has been an abundance of both theoretical and empirical analysis on the issue of discrimination. What economists and other social scientists have learned is that the measurement of discrimination has proven to be far more challenging than anyone could have imagined. There is of course the technology of measurement that has to be addressed but there is also the related matter of how to define discrimination. Another University of Chicago economist and Nobel Laureate, Milton Friedman, cautioned against overlooking the distinction between equality of outcomes and equality of opportunity. The present book is a tour de force on the topic of segregation in the labor force. Segregation is a concept that is related to discrimination but it is not necessarily the same as discrimination. Segregation can be a mechanism for societal enforcement of discrimination, but it can also arise as the result of voluntary choices related to differences in preferences and household division of labor. The authors offer a counterweight to the traditional emphasis on wage discrimination over segregation and labor market segmentation. The subject is thoroughly addressed on both theoretical and empirical grounds with special emphasis on gender segregation in the Swiss labor market.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland

    Yves Flückiger

  • Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

    Jacques Silber

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Measurement of Segregation in the Labor Force

  • Authors: Yves Flückiger, Jacques Silber

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-47040-0

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-47042-4Published: 08 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-47040-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 170

  • Topics: Social Sciences, general, Labor Economics

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