Individuals, Jobs, and Labor Markets: The Devaluation of Women's Work
研究美国大都市区劳动力市场中职业性别隔离如何影响女性主导职业的工资惩罚，发现市场整合能减轻惩罚但仅对男性有效，而女性即使在完全隔离的职业中也能从整合环境中受益。
Although abundant evidence documents pay penalties for female-dominated jobs, there is also substantial variation in gender inequality across U.S. metropolitan areas. These lines of research are united by exploring whether occupational gender segregation at the labor market level exacerbates the wage penalty associated with female-dominated jobs, and investigating the association between gender composition and the size of within-job gender gaps. Results show that the penalty accruing to female-dominated jobs is weaker in more integrated labor markets, but only among men, and that labor market integration does not significantly influence the association between the gender composition of jobs and within-job inequality. Further, even women in completely segregated jobs benefit from a context of occupational integration. It is concluded that, although gender devaluation is widespread and systematic, variation in gender composition effects across local contexts is an important dimension of gender inequality.