More Men Are Taking Women’s Jobs, at Least Certain Men

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NY Times - The Upshot - 3/9/2017 - Claire Cain Miller - Even as women moved into men’s jobs, in fields like medicine, law and business, men did not flock to the lower-status jobs that women mostly did. That’s changing. Over the last 15 years, according to a new study, men have been as likely to move into predominantly female jobs as the other way around — but not all men. It’s those who are already disadvantaged in the labor market: black, Hispanic, less educated, poor and immigrant men. While work done by women continues to be valued less, the study demonstrates, job opportunities divide not just along gender lines but also by race and class. Read more @ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/upsh ... onomy&_r=0