Gender segregation of labor force is a sign indicating inequality in the labor market, while labor market inequality itself is a symptom of social inequalities. This paper attempts to test the 'gender job segregation hypothesis' in the Iranian labor market by applying the Duncan Index. The results confirm the hypothesis; the existence of the gender job segregation in the sectors as well as in occupational levels in the 1992-2006 period. The period, as the findings reveal, experiences a decreasing trend of gender segregation in the economic sectors, whereas an increasing trend is shown when the index for occupational segregation is considered.
Afshari, Z. and Shaeibany, I. (2010). Testing Gender segregation hypothesis in the Iranian Labor Market. Women's Studies Sociological and Psychological, 8(4), 29-47. doi: 10.22051/jwsps.2010.1383
MLA
Afshari, Z. , and Shaeibany, I. . "Testing Gender segregation hypothesis in the Iranian Labor Market", Women's Studies Sociological and Psychological, 8, 4, 2010, 29-47. doi: 10.22051/jwsps.2010.1383
HARVARD
Afshari, Z., Shaeibany, I. (2010). 'Testing Gender segregation hypothesis in the Iranian Labor Market', Women's Studies Sociological and Psychological, 8(4), pp. 29-47. doi: 10.22051/jwsps.2010.1383
CHICAGO
Z. Afshari and I. Shaeibany, "Testing Gender segregation hypothesis in the Iranian Labor Market," Women's Studies Sociological and Psychological, 8 4 (2010): 29-47, doi: 10.22051/jwsps.2010.1383
VANCOUVER
Afshari, Z., Shaeibany, I. Testing Gender segregation hypothesis in the Iranian Labor Market. Women's Studies Sociological and Psychological, 2010; 8(4): 29-47. doi: 10.22051/jwsps.2010.1383
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