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Beller, Andrea H. – Journal of Human Resources, 1982
This study found that occupational sex segregation began to diminish during the 1970s, in conjunction with enforcement of the equal employment opportunity laws against sex discrimination in employment. The success of these laws suggests that discrimination was originally a determinant of occupational segregation. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employed Women, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Human Capital