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Avent-Holt, Dustin; Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald – Social Forces, 2012
We examine the relational model of inequality using samples of employer-employee matched data from manufacturing plants in the United States and Japan. We argue that gender is a salient status characteristic in both the United States and Japan, but because of differences in gender politics, wage inequality will vary more across U.S. workplaces…
Descriptors: Salary Wage Differentials, Diversity (Institutional), Manufacturing, Foreign Countries
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Mun, Eunmi – Social Forces, 2010
Using unique data on employers' pre-hire preferences, this article examines the effect of sex typing on the gender gap in offered wages and training. Previous studies using post-hire data have not been able to focus directly on the effects of employer behavior, distinct from employee preferences. By analyzing gender-designated job requisitions for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Sex Stereotypes