| Titre | La répartition des emplois par sexe : capital humain ou discrimination | |
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| Auteur | Catherine Sofer | |
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Revue | Economie et prévision |
| Numéro | no 92-93, 1990/1-2 La formation des salaires : de la "loi du marché" aux stratégies des acteurs | |
| Page | 77-85 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Job Distribution Among the Sexes: Human Capital or Discrimination?
by Catherine Sofer.
This article presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the effect of occupational seggregation by sex on the male-female wage differential. Two main approaches are first examined: the human capital model supplemented by an "atrophy" hypothesis, and the discrimination theory. It is shown that the proportion of the male/female wage differential which can be attributed to discrimination varies, depending on the earnings function used, and particularly on the validity of the atrophy hypothesis, from 4% to 95%, or from 50% to more than 100% . The purpose of the final part of the paper is to test the atrophy hypothesis. The results indicate it has to be rejected. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/ecop_0249-4744_1990_num_92_1_5160 |
