RT Journal Article
T1 The scarring effect of "women's work": The determinants of women's wttrition from male-dominated occupations
A1 Torre Fernández, Margarita
AB Women’s entry into formerly male-dominated occupations has increased in recent decades, yeta significant outflow remains. This study examines the determinants of women’s exits frommale-dominated occupations, focusing on the effect of previous occupational trajectories. Inparticular, it hypothesizes that occupational trajectories in female-dominated occupations areoften imbued with meanings and beliefs about the (in)appropriateness of the worker, whichadversely affect women’s integration and chances when they enter the male sector. Using theNLSY79 dataset, the study analyzes the job histories of women employed in the United Statesbetween 1979 and 2006. The results reveal a disproportionate risk of exit among newcomersfrom female-dominated occupations. Also, women who re-enter the male field are more likelyto leave it again. Altogether, the findings challenge explanations based on deficiencies in theinformation available to women at the moment of hiring. The evidence points to the existenceof a “scar effect” of previous work in the female field, which hinders women’s opportunities inthe male sector and ends up increasing the likelihood of exit.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0037-7732
YR 2014
FD 2014-09-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/34987
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/34987
LA eng
NO The author gratefully acknowledges financial support from the National Program for Research of the Spanish government (grant CSO2011-30179-C02-02).
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