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No direct link between occupational segregation and the pay gap; association is coincidental rather than causal; independent social developments

Topic: Income

Source

Citation: Women, careers, and work-life preferences, p. 284

Author(s): Hakim

Institution(s): London School of Economics

Link: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/puot0002/3004/Women,%20careers,%20and%20work-life%20preferences.pdf

Nation(s): international

Year(s): 2006

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

Social attitudes, such as patriarchal values, are either unimportant as predictors of behaviour, or else have only a very small marginal impact; there is only a weak link between societal norms and personal preferences and goals