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<mods:title>Women's Employment in Segregated Occupations and the Allocation of Household Labor: An Analysis of Gender Inequality at Work and in the Family</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Alexandrowicz, Carrie L.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:copyrightDate keyDate="yes" encoding="w3cdtf">2009</mods:copyrightDate>
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<mods:extent>xvi, 138 p.</mods:extent>
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<mods:note>Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Brown University (2009)</mods:note>
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<mods:namePart>Hogan, Dennis</mods:namePart>
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<mods:roleTerm type="text">director</mods:roleTerm>
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<mods:namePart>Fennell, Mary</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Short, Susan</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Luke, Nancy</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Brown University. Sociology</mods:namePart>
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<mods:abstract>Sociologists have documented a recent shift in the way many of society's resources are distributed by gender such that ? on average ? the United States is moving toward greater
gender parity. Despite these advances, one important paradox remains about work and family: Why, despite ideological shifts toward greater gender egalitarianism, human capital shifts such that
women's educational attainment has surpassed men's, and economic shifts such that women comprise almost half the paid labor force ? do employed women remain responsible for a disproportionate
share of the housework? Researchers interested in this question typically focus on characteristics of employment to suggest that as women's and men's paid work patterns more closely resemble
each other ? through longer hours and higher compensation ? their allocation of housework becomes less traditional. However, there's more to work than time and money. When considering how unpaid
labor is segregated by gender, most studies neglect to consider that women's paid labor is also segregated: most men work in jobs with men while most women work in jobs with women. Furthermore,
most male-dominated jobs are more highly compensated and provide more advantageous benefits than most female-dominated jobs. To date, however, the literatures on segregation at work and
segregation at home remain largely divided. This dissertation addresses this gap by examining the following questions: Does women's participation in sex segregated occupations affect women's
investment in household labor? If so, how? Longitudinal analyses of the National Survey of Families and Households ? merged with Current Population Survey and Occupational Information Network
data ? indicate that participation in a more male-dominated occupation is positively and significantly associated with women's likelihood of engaging in a more equal division of housework with
their male partners. Additional results suggest this occurs by reducing women's own housework hours. Finally, other work conditions are also important. Holding an occupation with greater levels
of training and authority is negatively associated with ? and care work positively associated with ? women's housework hours. Results support stratification and feminist theories that suggest
gender inequality is interrelated across institutional contexts.</mods:abstract>
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<mods:topic>household labor</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>work</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>gender</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>occupational sex segregation</mods:topic>
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<mods:topic>inequality</mods:topic>
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<mods:subject authority="FAST" authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast" valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/962201"><mods:topic>Housekeeping</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject authority="FAST" authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast" valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1114598"><mods:topic>Sex role</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject authority="FAST" authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast" valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1728849"><mods:topic>Families</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:subject authority="FAST" authorityURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast" valueURI="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/914456"><mods:topic>Equality</mods:topic></mods:subject><mods:recordInfo>
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<mods:language><mods:languageTerm type="code" authority="iso639-2b">eng</mods:languageTerm><mods:languageTerm type="text">English</mods:languageTerm></mods:language><mods:identifier type="doi">10.7301/Z0XS5SPR</mods:identifier><mods:accessCondition type="rights statement" xlink:href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/">In Copyright</mods:accessCondition><mods:accessCondition type="restriction on access">Collection is open for research.</mods:accessCondition><mods:typeOfResource authority="primo">dissertations</mods:typeOfResource></mods:mods>