The Future of Female-dominated Occupations

The Future of Female-dominated Occupations

In all of the OECD countries, employment is seen to be sharply segregated by gender, with women's employment heavily concentrated in the same occupations: secretaries, primary school teachers, nurses and home helpers. These jobs, whose image has in many cases remained stereotyped and traditiona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Corporate Authors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Content Provider (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Paris : OECD Publishing 1998.
Subjects:
Social Issues/Migration/Health
Employment
Women > Employment
Women > Employment > Cross-cultural studies.
Women > Vocational guidance
Employment forecasting
Business & Economics
Labor & Workers' Economics
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009704987606719
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview
  • Chapter 2. The Concentration of Women's Employment and Relative Occupational Pay by Damian Grimshaw and Jill Rubery
  • Chapter 3. Secretarial Occupations: The Impact of Technological and Organisational Change by Hilary Steedman
  • Chapter 4. Primary School Teaching: A Story of Unachieved Equality for Women by John Townshend
  • Chapter 5. The Nursing Profession: Issues of Demand, Status, and Working Conditions by Jozef Pacolet
  • Chapter 6. Careers: The Impact of New Modes of Finance and Provision by Susan Christopherson
  • Chapter 7. The Professionalisation of Female-Dominated Occupations in the Service Sector by Jacqueline Laufer
  • Statistical Appendix

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