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This chapter summarises previous findings about the essentialist, educational, employment, occupational, hierarchical and pay segregation of highly educated women. Compared to less-educated women, highly educated women are certainly in a much better position, but although they improved their position in relation to highly educated men, they still have not reached equality. The segregation is still noteworthy in the attainment of higher levels of tertiary education, the areas of study (underrepresentation in STEM fields and overrepresentation in education, health and welfare, social services and humanities) and employment in STEM and upper-management positions.
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Pološki Vokić, N., Obadić, A., Sinčić Ćorić, D. (2019). Previous Findings about the (In)Equality of Highly Educated Women. In: Gender Equality in the Workplace. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18861-0_6
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