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Hellerstein, Judith K.; Morrill, Melinda Sandler – Journal of Human Resources, 2011
We examine whether women's rising labor force participation led to increased intergenerational transmission of occupation from fathers to daughters. We develop a model where fathers invest in human capital that is specific to their own occupations. Our model generates an empirical test where we compare the trends in the probabilities that women…
Descriptors: Daughters, Fathers, Employed Women, Career Choice
Hughes, Karen; Lowe, Graham S.; Schellenberg, Grant – 2003
Men's and women's quality of work in the new Canadian economy was examined. The two data sources used were the 2000 Changing Employment Relationships Survey (CERS), which consisted of telephone interviews of 2,500 currently employed Canadian residents aged 18 or older, and the 2000 General Social Survey (GSS), which examined access to and use of…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, College Graduates, Collegiality, Comparative Analysis