Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/85675 
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Year of Publication: 
2000
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 00-031/3
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
In this paper it is argued that occupational and organizational codes maximizethe correspondence between activities and easily observable characteristics atthe time of their development. Over time the codes become less relevant, leadingto the false impression that the segregation of individuals is declining.
JEL: 
J31
C43
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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