Gender Segregation in the Workplace

Consider the radio segment, “Gender Segregation in the Workplace,” from Planet Money/NPR (9:43; a transcript is also available).

1. What is occupational segregation? What does looking at occupational segregation do for our understanding of the gender wage gap?
2. What reasons are suggested for why women may “choose” some jobs/occupations over others?
3. Is there evidence of changing trends or patterns of occupations to which women and men are drawn? Explain

First, visit the National Women’s Law Center and locate their fact sheet on the Lilly Lead better Fair Pay Act of 2009.
In approximately 75 to 100 words, describe the circumstances that prompted the act and what the act set out to do.