中国产业职业性别隔离的检验与分析

Analysis of Sectoral/Occupational Gender Segregation in China

文章从男女性别收入不平等问题出发,阐明了研究中国产业性别隔离问题的重要性,并以此为基点,探讨了与职业隔离相关的概念,介绍职业性别隔离的两种测度方法,即邓肯指数与平方根指数。文章应用中国历年劳动统计年鉴和2000年人口普查数据,对中国产业职业别隔离状况进行检验与分析,重点对平方根指数进行测度,得出相关的结论。结果表明,从总体上看,中国职业性别隔离程度较低,但产业内部的职业性别隔离程度较大,并且在不同产业内还有继续扩大的趋势。同时,不同地区的产业职业性别隔离也不尽相同。这些基本结论对中国制定相应的政策以推进男女平等有着重要的意义。

Starting with gender inequality in wages, this paper analyzes the significance of sectoral/occupational gender segregation. Some related concepts and two measurements ( namely Duncan Index and Square Root Index) of the occupational gender segregation are discussed and introduced. Based on the Yearbooks of Labor Statistics and Census Data of 2000 of China, the extents of sectoral/occupational gender segregation are examined, mainly by emphasizing on the measure of Square Root Index. The result shows that the extent of occupational gender segregation is low in general, but it becomes higher within sectors with a trend of increase in some sectors. Meanwhile, the sectoral gender segregation differs among regions.