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ArticleScience advances2021

The Trojan-horse mechanism: How networks reduce gender segregation.

M Arvidsson, F Collet, P Hedström

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Article in Science advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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M ArvidssonThe Institute for Analytical Sociology, Department of Management and Engineering, Linkoping University, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden. martin.arvidsson@liu.se francois.collet@esade.edu peter.hedstrom@liu.se.ORCID 0000-0003-4648-2829
F ColletPeople Management and Organisation Department, ESADE, Ramon Llull University, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. martin.arvidsson@liu.se francois.collet@esade.edu peter.hedstrom@liu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-4427-3604
P HedströmThe Institute for Analytical Sociology, Department of Management and Engineering, Linkoping University, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden. martin.arvidsson@liu.se francois.collet@esade.edu peter.hedstrom@liu.se.ORCID 0000-0003-3536-8449

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Abstract

The segregation of labor markets along ethnic and gender lines is socially highly consequential, and the social science literature has long viewed homophily and network-based job recruitments as some of its most crucial drivers. Here, we focus on a previously unidentified mechanism, the Trojan-horse mechanism, which, in contradiction to the main tenet of previous research, suggests that network-based recruitment reduce rather than increase segregation levels. We identify the conditions under which networks are desegregating, and using unique data on all individuals and all workplaces located in the Stockholm region during the years 2000-2017, we find strong empirical evidence for the Trojan-horse mechanism and its role in the gender segregation of labor markets.

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