Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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971855 | Labour Economics | 2012 | 8 Pages |
We build on the Information Theory foundations of the Mutual Information Index of Segregation [Mora and Ruiz-Castillo, 2003; Frankel and Volij, 2011] to analyze two horizontal dimensions of gender segregation on the labor market. We provide a novel, three-way additive decomposition of their effects on overall segregation. Using survey data from 41,712 Flemish employees, we find that choice of study field has a larger effect on overall segregation than sectoral choice. Their mutual interaction is negative, indicating that sectoral segregation, although low, is still partly explained by educational choices.
► Mutual Information Index used to analyze two dimensions of gender segregation on the labor market. ► Novel, three-way additive decomposition of this index. ► Isolates two ‘pure’ Mutual Information indices + information interaction. ► Application to survey data from 41,712 Flemish employees. ► Study field has a larger effect than sectoral choice, mutual interaction is negative.