Social Networks and Female Occupational Segregation

社会学理论认为,人们的社会网络具有性别偏好,这导致了男女求职结果的性别分化,并部分地解释了职业的性别隔离问题。本文根据2009年8大城市调查数据,分析了我国城市女性的职业性别隔离在何等程度上受社会网络的影响。分析结果表明:8大城市在职者的社会网络具有性别同质化倾向,女性和男性更多地与同性亲朋交往；使用强关系成功求职的女性往往进入性别隔离的女性职业；使用弱关系成功求职的女性能摆脱职业性别隔离趋向,进入中性职业或男性职业。

Sociologists point out that people have sexual preferences in building their social networks，which leads to gendered job-search outcomes and partly explains occupational gender segregation． Based on 2009 JSNET survey of eight cities，this paper investigates how social networks influence China’s occupational gender segregation with an analytical focus on urban female workers． The main findings are threefold． First，the survey respondents have the tendency toward sexual homogenization in their social networks，and both males and females are likely to contact same-sex relatives and friends． Second，females using strong ties for obtaining their jobs tend to work in female-dominated occupations． And finally，females who use weak ties for obtaining their jobs tend to work in gender-neutral or male-dominated occupations．

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边燕杰教授主持的国家社科基金重点项目“社会分层流动的和谐互动研究”之子课题“职业与收入的性别差异的成因分析及对策研究”的成果,基金编号:11AZD022

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