The distribution of earned income among men and women, 1958-77

An extension and update of a 1972 study reveals that the trend toward greater earnings inequality for men continued but also appeared to slow in recent years. The more unequal distribution for women remained stable, probably the reflection of limited occupational advances. Industry data for wage and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Monthly labor review 1980-04, Vol.103 (4), p.3-10
Hauptverfasser: Henle, Peter, Ryscavage, Paul
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An extension and update of a 1972 study reveals that the trend toward greater earnings inequality for men continued but also appeared to slow in recent years. The more unequal distribution for women remained stable, probably the reflection of limited occupational advances. Industry data for wage and salary earners confirm the trend toward inequality for men, with the trend most prevalent in construction, manufacturing, transportation, trade, etc. Previously noted contributing elements such as the increasing flow of young people into the workforce and growing importance of managerial personnel persisted.Although women occupy more low paying jobs than men, the earnings of women who work in full-time jobs are distributed more equally than comparable distributions for men. In a few occupational categories such as clerical and sales, earnings distributions for women have tended towards greater inequality, but this trend is not a general one. Women still tend to be clustered in a relatively few occupations where opportunities for advancement are limited and earnings increases are moderate, and men still dominate professional and managerial occupations where opportunities and earnings growth expand rapidly.
ISSN:0098-1818
1937-4658