Locating Gender: Occupational Segregation, Wages and Domestic Responsibilities

First published in 1994, Locating Gender combines a case-study approach with significant theoretical development to challenge explanations of occupational segregation. It examines the diversity of women’s employment experience, gender segregation within employment establishments, employment and domestic relations, and the place of gender in perceptions of inequality.

The book develops the concepts of component-wage and full-wage jobs in the context of work histories and employment relations...