Warwick Business School’s Dr Girts Racko attributes the surprising results to the fact that when there are few men in an occupation, women have more chance to get to the top and earn more. But where there are more equal numbers of men and women working in an occupation the men dominate the high-paying jobs.
“Higher overall segregation tends to reduce male advantage and improve the position of women,” said Dr Racko.
“The greater the degree of overall segregation, the less the possibility exists for discrimination against
The 20 countries were: Country
Slovenia Mexico Hungary Brazil
South Africa USA Sweden Spain Finland Portugal Denmark Russia UK
South Korea Switzerland Germany Netherlands Austria Czech Japan
Difference in Pay Between Sexes (Correlated Figure, in Order)
–.177 ( minus - ie women earn more) +.011 +.034 +.110 +.120 +.207 +.220 +.334 +.339 +.359 +.371 +.374 +.388 +.408 +.410 +.420 +.430 +.462 +.491 +.519
Work Segregation Between Sexes (Correlated Figure)
.692 .717 .690 .704 .641 .667 .709 .725 .767 .724 .747 .707 .677 .693 .623 .700 .633 .609 .644 .655
women and so there is more scope for women to develop progressive careers.
“For instance, within nursing men disproportionately fill the senior positions...but the fewer the number of male nurses, the more the senior positions must be filled by women.
“Perhaps our most important finding is that, at least for these industrially developed countries, overall segregation and the vertical [pay gap] dimension are inversely related. The higher the overall segregation, the lower the advantage to men. This is directly contrary to popular assumptions.”
The research, published in the journal Sociology today [Tuesday December 18], compared the degree to which men and women are working in different professions with the gap between their pay.
Dr Racko, Professor Robert Blackburn, of the University of Cambridge, and Dr Jennifer Jarman, of Lakehead, used statistics for each country on the proportion of women and men in each occupation, and the overall average gap in pay. They correlated these to show the relationships between workplace segregation of the sexes and the gap in their pay.
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