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The flip side of segregation: men in typically female jobs | LSE Business Review

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Compared with the increasing participation of women in male-dominated occupations, the presence of men in female-dominated occupations remains low. While much scholarly attention has been devoted to explaining men’s reluctance to work in female-dominated fields, little is known about the occupational trajectories of men who beat a new path and enter female-dominated occupations. (See here and here for notable exceptions.) How long do these men remain employed in female-dominated occupations? Where do they find employment after having worked in a female-dominated job? Are the experiences of men in high-status female occupations comparable to those of men in low-status female occupations? Answering these questions is crucial to account for the stubborn persistence of occupational sex segregation. In my recent research, I use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLYS79) to study the work histories of men employed in the United States between 1979 and 2006. More specifically, I exami

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