Item #278
No direct link between occupational segregation and the pay gap; association is coincidental rather than causal; independent social developments
Topic: Income
Source
Citation: Women, careers, and work-life preferences, p. 284
Author(s): Hakim
Institution(s): London School of Economics
Link: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/puot0002/3004/Women,%20careers,%20and%20work-life%20preferences.pdf
Nation(s): international
Year(s): 2006
Source: Primary
Type: Statistical Analysis
Discussion
Other Notes:
Social attitudes, such as patriarchal values, are either unimportant as predictors of behaviour, or else have only a very small marginal impact; there is only a weak link between societal norms and personal preferences and goals
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