OCCUPATIONAL CROWDING

In comparison to occupational segregation, occupational crowding has b een neglected by labour economists during the past 50 years. We redres s this by proposing several indices of occupational crowding and estim ating the value of these indices for Australian women and men from 189 1 to 1991. The empirical results indicate that women have been consist ently crowded into a narrow range of occupations. Although women are b ecoming less crowded, the decline is less than that for men. Consequen tly, the overcrowding of women relative to men is increasing.