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An algorithm to reduce the occupational space in gender segregation studies

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorHerranz, Neus
dc.contributor.authorMora, Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Castillo, Javier
dc.contributor.editorUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-09T11:19:00Z
dc.date.available2006-11-09T11:19:00Z
dc.date.issued2003-03
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an algorithm based on the bootstrap to select an admissible aggregation level, that is, the minimum number of occupational categories which yield a gender segregation value which is not significantly smaller than that obtained from the large number of occupational categories usually available in any data set. The approach is illustrated using Labor Force Survey data for Spain for the comparison of gender segregation in 1977 and 1992, as well as 1994 and 2000. To measure gender segregation, an additively decomposable segregation index based in the entropy concept is used. Despite a substantial simplification in the size of the occupation's space, the decrease in the segregation index is very small and not significant, regardless of the year. Consequently, intertemporal changes in gender segregation can be studied using a greatly reduced classification of occupations that permits an easier interpretation of results.
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dc.identifier.issn2340-5031
dc.identifier.repecwe031402
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/283
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.hasversionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10016/4744
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUC3M Working Paper. Economics
dc.relation.ispartofseries2003-02
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.ecienciaEconomía
dc.titleAn algorithm to reduce the occupational space in gender segregation studies
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