Occupational gender segregation in post-apartheid South Africa - Carlos Gradín UNU-WIDER

Occupational gender segregation in post-apartheid South Africa - Carlos Gradín UNU-WIDER

13 Sep 2019

Treiman et al., 1996) – Occupational segregation of blacks into low-paying occupations (Gradín, 2019) • … but also affected gender equality, temporary migration of black men (Gelb, 2004): – Disruption of family life: Women had to fulfil the role of both breadwinner and care giver in challenging circumstances of high unemployment and HIV/AIDS prevalence, with very limited economic opportunities (Bu. [...] • Aim: To extend the analysis of segregation and stratification of occupations to gender in post-apartheid South Africa. [...] (? ) ? ? ? ? (? =? |? ) 13 Gender segregation curves Decline in gender segregation in the census is robust to the choice of indices because it is corroborated by the segregation curves getting closer to the diagonal over time. [...] (26% and 15% of women are domestic helpers) (1% in the case of white and Indian/Asian women) 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 Cumulative proportion of women Black White Coloured Asian 27 Cumulative proportion of men .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 0 1 Gini low-pay segregation of women (Census) a. [...] The advantage of women is larger in secondary education (42% versus 38%).29 Concentration curves, 2007 0 .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 1 Cumulative proportion of women Unconditional Conditional 30 Cumulative proportion of men .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 0 1 Gender occupational stratification indices (Gini) 31 Gender occupational stratification indices (Gini) 32 Table 7: Decline in gender Gini concentr.
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