Labor market segmentation
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Labor market segmentation is the division of the labor market according to a principle such as occupation, geography and industry.[1]
One type of segmentation is to define groups "with little or no crossover capability", such that members of one segment cannot easily join another segment.[2] This can result in different segments, for example men and women, receiving different wages for the same work.[3] 19th-century Irish political economist John Elliott Cairnes referred to this phenomenon as that of "noncompeting groups".
A related concept is that of a dual labour market (DLM), that splits the aggregate labor market between a primary sector and a secondary sector.[1]