Essential Work Is Gender Segregated: This Shapes the Gendered Representation of Essential Workers in Political Office
Essential Work Is Gender Segregated: This Shapes the Gendered Representation of Essential Workers in Political Office
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DOI：
10.1111/ssqu.12850
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发表时间：
2020-07-30
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
Holman, Mirya R.
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作者：
Barnes, Tiffany D.;Holman, Mirya R.
目标 了解性别如何影响基本工作人员的职业以及哪些基本工作人员担任政治职务。方法 我们首先使用按性别和职业划分的人口水平数据来检查被认为重要的职业的性别隔离情况。使用人口构成作为基线，然后使用新数据集检查描述性表示，该数据集对 15 年来 30 个州立法机构中基本工人的存在情况进行了编码。结果 我们发现，在新冠疫情期间，男性和女性在被认为必不可少的职业中所占的比例相似，但他们所从事的职业是高度性别隔离的。我们发现，女性重要工作者和女性主导职业的女性在州立法机构中的代表性严重不足。结论 记录决策机构中基本工人（尤其是女性主导职业的工人）的代表性（缺乏），是了解应对 COVID-19 政策制定的关键的第一步。
Objective To understand how gender structures the occupations of essential workers and which essential workers serve in political office. Methods We first use population-level data by gender and occupation to examine the gender segregation of occupations deemed essential. Using the population composition as our baseline, we then examine descriptive representation using a new data set that codes the presence of essential workers in 30 state legislatures over 15 years. Results We show that men and women make up similar shares of the occupations considered essential during COVID, but the occupations that they hold are highly gender segregated. We find that women essential workers and those from women-dominated occupations are dramatically underrepresented in state legislatures. Conclusion Documenting the (lack of) representation of essential workers, and particularly those from women-dominated occupations, in decision-making bodies is a critical first step to understanding policy making in response to COVID-19.