Sex segregation and inequality in the modern labour market /

Sex segregation and inequality in the modern labour market /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Browne, Jude, 1970-
Imprint:	Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (vii, 186 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Sex discrimination in employment. Sexual division of labor. Social change. Sex discrimination in employment. Sexual division of labor. Social change.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11298930

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ISBN:	9781847421692 1847421695 128115959X 9781281159595 1447303342 9781447303343 9786611159597 6611159592 1861345992 9781861345998
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-168) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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 major challenge to existing approaches.
Other form:	Print version: Browne, Jude. Sex segregation and inequality in the modern labour market. Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2006 1861345992 9781861345998

Table of 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.