Breaking Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto: Policy Solutions for Non-College Women: Policy Solutions for Non-College Women,9780765613554

Breaking Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto: Policy Solutions for Non-College Women: Policy Solutions for Non-College Women

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ISBN13: 9780765613554
ISBN10: 0765613557
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-02-28
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

Widely interdisciplinary in appeal, this book reports on the successes of innovative training opportunities for non-college women who end up in low-paying, low-mobility, pink-collar jobs. The author examines the relative effectiveness of various programs in helping these women gain access to high-wage, high-mobility employment opportunities. The analysis includes case studies of grant-funded projects, as well as in-depth statistical analysis using ten years of data on women throughout the United States. These types of education and training options are in tremendous demand, and the author finds that they are having a powerful impact on the job prospects of non-college women. As an integral part of her study, she spells out what kinds of programs have proven most and least effective. Breaking Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto addresses vital issues concerning the effects of gender segregation in career counseling and employment and training policy. It provides much-needed guidance on employment and training services delivery. The book has wide application for studen

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
1. Pathways Out of the Pink-Collar Ghetto 3(23)
The Non-College Population
6(5)
The Failure of Market Forces and the Need for Policy Intervention
11(10)
Overview of the Book
21(5)
2. Training Policy and Alternative Career Paths 26(26)
Non-College Women at Work
26(13)
The College Bias
39(13)
3. A Pattern of Decline and Its Ramifications 52(14)
Vanishing Post-Secondary Options
52(3)
The Outlook for Post-Secondary Education and Training Alternatives
55(8)
Summary and Implications for Policy
63(3)
4. Past and Current Alternative Programs: Evidence of Promise in Nontraditional Occupations 66(19)
Job Counseling and Sex-Role Socialization in the Workplace
67(4)
Programs Often Do Not Incorporate These Activities
71(1)
To Train for Nontraditional Occupations Is to Train for Career Opportunities
72(7)
Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations and Nontraditional Employment for Women as Alternative Paths to Career Preparation
79(5)
Conclusions and Implications
84(1)
5. A Little Goes a Long Way: Statistical Evidence of Small Program Effectiveness 85(19)
Nontraditional Employment for Women and Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Work
85(1)
Measuring the Effects of Policy Intervention: Difference-in-Differences Methodology
86(8)
Basic Results
94(8)
These Grant Programs Should Not Work
102(2)
6. Nuts and Bolts I: How States' Programs Worked 104(26)
Criteria Defining "Success"
106(4)
Case Study Methodology
110(1)
Nontraditional Employment for Women Demonstration Grants
111(12)
The Texas State Technical College at Waco
123(5)
Conclusions and Evidence from States and the Nontraditional Employment for Women Program Overall
128(2)
7. Nuts and Bolts II: How Nonprofits' Programs Worked 130(22)
Political Advocacy and Government Grant Programs
133(2)
Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Technical Assistance Grants
135(8)
Chicago Women in Trades
143(4)
Summary of Findings from Nonprofit Grantees and Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Overall
147(3)
Case Study Implications for Policy
150(2)
8. A Call for Action 152(7)
Implications and Contributions of Results
153(1)
Policymaking by Women, for Women
154(1)
Crucial Role of Government
154(1)
Future Directions
155(2)
A Call for Action
157(2)
Appendices 159(26)
Notes 185(18)
Bibliography 203(16)
Index 219

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