into different occupations leads to reduced wages of women relative to the wages of men whose employment is not so restricted by occupations that are considered socially inappropriate for them (Marini 358). A second reason for wage discrimination is allocative discrimination, in which women are differentially allocated to occupations and establishments that pay lower wages (Peterson & Morgan 329). This process may involve discrimination through men and women having different access to occupations and establishments, which maybe a result of the matching process at the point of hire (matching an employee with a specific job), and partly through subsequent promotions. Featherman & Hauser state that women are recruited into jobs that pay less and even within occupations, women earn less for work and effort that is equivalent to that of the men (Featherman & Hauser 463). A third reason for the wage discrimination is valuative discrimination, in which occupations held primarily by women are paid lower wages than those held primarily by men (Peterson & M
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