Author : Patricia A. Roos
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887060311
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)
Book Synopsis Gender and Work by : Patricia A. Roos
Download or read book Gender and Work written by Patricia A. Roos and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross-cultural study of gender differentiation in employment, this book holds controversial implications for future research in the field. In an analysis of 12 industrial countries, Patricia Roos isolates the effects of gender, family background, education, and marital status, among other variables, on the types of jobs that men and women hold and on their occupational mobility. The consistency of the results suggests historical, cultural, and political traditions of a country have little impact on the kinds of jobs that women and men have. Rather, patterns of occupational sex segregation reflect structural features common to all modern industrial societies. This book is a milestone in the research on sex and marital differences in employment, occupational distribution, and earnings.