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Gender differences in occupational wage mobility in the 1958 cohort

Dex, S; Ward, K; Joshi, H; (2008) Gender differences in occupational wage mobility in the 1958 cohort. Work, Employment and Society , 22 (2) pp. 263-280. 10.1177/0950017008089104. Green open access

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Abstract

This article examines the wage growth of British men and women between the ages of 33 and 42 who were employed full time at both of these ages using the 1958 National Child and Development Study. Wage growth is examined in the differences of the log of hourly wage rates reported at the 33 and 42 year old interviews of this cohort study. Men were found to have higher wage growth rewards than women when in higher occupations and be more likely than women to be in these higher wage growth occupations. Women's wages grew more slowly over the period than men's wages because they were located disproportionately in lower growth and feminized jobs. Domestic ties did not explain the differences in wage growth for this group, where the occupational penalties of gender widened. Copyright © 2008 BSA Publications Ltd.

Type: Article
Title: Gender differences in occupational wage mobility in the 1958 cohort
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008089104
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1507126
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