Sex segregation and inequality in the modern labour market / / Jude Browne.

This book presents a novel interpretation of the nature, causes and consequences of sex inequality in the modern labour market. Employing a sophisticated new theoretical framework, and drawing on original fieldwork, the book develops a subtle account of the phenomenon of sex segregation and offers a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Explanations of occupational sex segregation
  • VOSS in the BBC
  • What people say in the BBC
  • The ‘herding effect’
  • The seduction of outcomes: concluding remarks
  • References
  • Appendix 1: Examples of important reforms to British law relevant to sex equality
  • Appendix 2: BBC occupational groups by female concentration, sex and pay grade
  • Appendix 3: BBC pay grades
  • Index