2012/04/01 by Olga Alonso‐Villar, CORAL DEL RIO, Carlos Gradín · 103 citations
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Psychology · #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies #Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis #Housing Market and Economics #Race (biology) #Occupational segregation #Ethnic group #Demographic economics #Human capital #Capital (architecture) #Demography #Psychology #Economics #Geography #Political science #Sociology #Labour economics #Gender studies #Economic growth #Wage
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1468-232x.2012.00674.x
published in Industrial Relations A Journal of Economy and Society 51(2), 179-212 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2012/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/01
This paper studies occupational segregation by ethnicity/race and gender by following a new approach that facilitates multigroup comparisons and econometric analyses to take into account group characteristics. The analysis shows that segregation is particularly intense in the Hispanic and Asian populations (the situation being more severe for the former given its higher concentration in low‐paid jobs). A distinctive characteristic of Hispanics is that segregation is higher for men than for women although females are more concentrated in low‐paid jobs. Segregation neither for women nor for African and Native Americans is reduced by taking human capital variables into account.