ABSTRACT
Sex segregation in the workplace refers to the differentiation of work between men and women. Occupational segregation has received the most scrutiny, but segregation may be studied across many different units: work activities within a job, job titles within an organization, firms within an industry, and industries within an economy. In general, the smaller the unit examined, the higher the level of segregation observed (Bielby and Baron 1984; Reskin 1988). Sex segregation is analogous in some respects to residential segregation of racial and ethnic groups, in that in both cases privileged groups attempt to restrict access to socially desirable positions.
