abstract: 'This study examines the effects of economic globalization on

  occupational sex segregation and occupational inequality. A theory of

  global economic restructuring and its impact on the quality of women''s

  work suggests that national integration into the world economy

  significantly expands opportunities for women in the workplace but does

  not remove barriers to women''s advancement or ameliorate the

  predominance of low-paying, menial jobs held by women. Two measures of

  gender occupational differentiation are employed as dependent variables

  in cross-sectional OLS regression analyses of fifty-six countries using

  data from 1970-1990. Results indicate that global economic forces reduce

  occupational sex segregation and inequality. However, these effects are

  determined by a country''s world system position and region. The analyses

  illustrate that global economic restructuring is a gendered process that

  transforms and builds upon existing gender inequalities. Therefore, the

  inclusion of global structural characteristics into comparative research

  on occupational sex differentiation is essential.'
affiliation: 'Meyer, LB (Corresponding Author), SUNY Coll Geneseo, Dept Sociol, 123B
  Sturges Hall, Geneseo, NY 14454 USA.

  SUNY Coll Geneseo, Dept Sociol, Geneseo, NY 14454 USA.'
author: Meyer, LB
author-email: meyer@geneseo.edu
author_list:
- family: Meyer
  given: LB
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb00537.x
eissn: 1533-8525
files: []
issn: 0038-0253
journal: SOCIOLOGICAL QUARTERLY
keywords-plus: 'FORCE PARTICIPATION; GENDER; DIFFERENTIATION; INTEGRATION; DEPENDENCE;

  EMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE'
language: English
month: SUM
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '114'
pages: 351-383
papis_id: 2d1fbaac31ab5aea8688cafbf6b894ad
ref: Meyer2003economicglobalizatio
tags:
- relevant
- review
times-cited: '29'
title: 'Economic globalization and women''s status in the labor market: A cross-national
  investigation of occupational sex segregation and inequality'
type: Review
unique-id: WOS:000186110000003
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '20'
volume: '44'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2003'