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Table 8 Influence of educational gender concentration and linkage strength on occupational gender concentration for men in Bulgaria (OLS, average marginal effects).

From: The role of vocational education in the transmission of gender segregation from education to employment: Switzerland and Bulgaria compared

Occupation: % of men

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Educational sector (ref. VET)

 University

− 10.50***

(2.556)

0.225

(2.819)

− 0.878

(3.372)

 College

3.620

(5.062)

4.442

(5.435)

3.159

(5.666)

% men in educational program

 

3.027***

(0.653)

3.041***

(0.662)

Linkage strength

 

1.463

(23.04)

− 1.181

(23.09)

% men in educ. progr. * linkage strength

 

2.594

(3.720)

3.041

(3.747)

Parental education: tertiary

  

4.792

(3.345)

Literacy: low (ref. high)

  

− 1.866

(3.279)

Region: rural (ref. urban)

  

1.165

(2.797)

N

436

311

309

Adj. R2

0.044

0.143

0.146

  1. Gender concentration in education: % men in educational program/10 (ISCED97 2-digit); occupational gender concentration: % of men in first significant job (ISCO88 2-digit); Linkage strength: Mutual Information Index. Standard errors in parentheses; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001