Sex-based occupational segregation in U.S. State Bureaucracies,1987-97
By: KERR, Brinck
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Contributor(s): MILLER, Will | REID, Margaret.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, jul./aug. 2002Public Administration Review: PAR 62, 4, p. 412-423Abstract: Is the extent of sex-based occupational segregation is U.S. State bureaucracies related to agency policy missions? Drawing on arguments by Lowi (1985), we contend that levels of sex-based occupational segregation in state bureaucracies vary depending on whether an agency's policy mission is distributive, regulatory, or redistributive. We employ data on the distribution of administrative and professional employees by sex in several types of state agencies across all 50 states for 1987-97. Our findings indicate high levels of occupatinal segregation among administrative cadres in agencies have become less gender segregated over time. We find no evidence of occupational segregation among administrative and professional workforces in redistributive agencies. We argue that researchers need to examine the relationship between glass walls and other kinds of sex-based employment impediments, such as glass ceillings
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Is the extent of sex-based occupational segregation is U.S. State bureaucracies related to agency policy missions? Drawing on arguments by Lowi (1985), we contend that levels of sex-based occupational segregation in state bureaucracies vary depending on whether an agency's policy mission is distributive, regulatory, or redistributive. We employ data on the distribution of administrative and professional employees by sex in several types of state agencies across all 50 states for 1987-97. Our findings indicate high levels of occupatinal segregation among administrative cadres in agencies have become less gender segregated over time. We find no evidence of occupational segregation among administrative and professional workforces in redistributive agencies. We argue that researchers need to examine the relationship between glass walls and other kinds of sex-based employment impediments, such as glass ceillings
Public Administration Review PAR
July/August 2002 Volume 62 Number 4
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