Gabriele Cappelli
DEPS, USiena
Johannes Westberg
University of Groningen, Department of History and Philosophy of Education
Abstract
The relationship between gender inequality and occupational segregation is a fascinating puzzle. New microdata on all primary-school teachers in Sweden in c. 1890 show that the gender wage gap in the profession was 10 percent when holding observable features constant, and occupational segregation was strong. Women worked in minor and junior schools receiving low wages – yet higher than those paid in other occupations –, while men mostly taught in regular primary schools that paid competitive wages for men. Gender wage inequality and occupational segregation were the price for the feminization of schooling, i.e., part of the Swedish “quiet revolution.”
Keywords
gender inequality; wages; occupational segregation; white-collar; teachers; Sweden
Jel Codes
J16; J22; N33 ; I24
