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Gender Effects as Macro-Level Effects: Germany and the United States 1991–1997
Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, Vol. 70 (2001), Iss. 1 : pp. 128–134
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1Department of Sociology, Northwestern University.
Abstract
My research examines within-nation differences as well as cross-national differences in socially stratified outcomes, specifically the distribution of household incomes. I build on the considerable empirical evidence suggesting that group memberships are important factors in shaping one's life course and in determining the level of social inequality. I examine seven years of longitudinal data from Germany and the United States, 1991–1997 to demonstrate that gender is situated within other salient social categories such as race and marital status. These qualitative distinctions form status-based groups that organize the social hierarchy in which individual action is both enabled and constrained.