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Title

The Impact of Nontraditional Training on the Occupational Attainment of Women

Authors

Michael Seeborg, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow
Irmtraud Streker-Seeborg
Abera Zegeye

Publication Date

January 1984

Comments

The Journal of Human Resources is published by the University of Wisconsin Press, http://uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/journals/jhr.html.

Abstract

In this paper we examine the effect of nontraditional training on the occupational attainment of economically disadvantaged women. Using a logit model of occupational attainment, we found that women who received nontraditional training under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) were much less likely than their male counterparts to be employed in male-dominated occupations, and also received somewhat lower hourly wages. These results suggest that nontraditional training alone may not be an effective way of reducing the occupational segregation of low-income women.

Disciplines

Economics

Recommended Citation

Seeborg, Michael; Streker-Seeborg, Irmtraud; and Zegeye, Abera, "The Impact of Nontraditional Training on the Occupational Attainment of Women" (1984). Scholarly Publications. 15.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/econ_scholarship/15