THE AUTHORITY ATTAINMENT OF WOMEN - COMPETITIVE SECTOR EFFECTS

Women receive better returns than men in authority in the competitive sector of the economy, all else being equal (including gender-type of occupation and firm size). This finding supports a hypothesis drawn fr om organizations theory and Becker (1971)(1957). In addition, this ana lysis shows that while differences in education and hours worked per w eek do help explain the gender difference in authority in the workplac e, gender differences in domestic responsibilities have little direct effect on authority attainment.