Volume 30, Number 3 (Summer) 1995
Carrington, William J., and Kenneth R. Troske. 1995. "Gender Segregation in Small Firms." Journal of Human Resources 30(3):503-533.
This paper studies interim gender segregation in a unique sample of small employers. We find that interim segregation is prevalent among small employers, as men and women rarely work in fully integrated firms. We also find that the education and sex of the business owner strongly influence the sex composition of a firm's workplace. Finally, we estimate that interim segregation can account for up to 50 percent of the gender gap in annual earnings.
William J. Carrington is an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins University. Kenneth R. Troske is an economist at the Center for economic Studies at the U.S. Bureau of the census. For helpful comments, we thank Erica Groshen, Daniel Hammermesh, Robert LaLonde, Kristin McCue, Rob McKenna, SuZanne Peck, two very thoughtful referees, and participants in several seminars. The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the authors and do not reflect the opinions of the U.S. Census Bureau. The data used in this article were collected under the provisions of Title 13 U.S. Code and are only available at the Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau. To obtain access to these data, contact Chief, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, RM 1587-3, Washington, DC 20233.
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