Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/183617 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 273
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Maastricht
Abstract: 
Using a two-stage decomposition technique, this paper analyzes the role of occupational segregation in explaining the probability of women vis-à-vis men of finding high-paying jobs over the life-cycle. Jobs are classified as highly-remunerated if their compensation exceeds a threshold, which is set at different values to span the entire wage distribution. Results obtained from pooled CPS surveys indicate that the importance of occupational segregation remains virtually unchanged over the life-cycle for low- and middle-wage workers. However, women's access to high-paying occupations becomes significantly more restricted as workers age, suggesting a previously undocumented type of `glass ceiling' in the U.S.
Subjects: 
Occupational segregation
glass ceiling
life-cycle career
gender wage gap
JEL: 
J31
J24
J71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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