Pink Collar Bureaucracies

• In Event: Gender, Work, and the Economy

Brief Overview

This study analyzes gendered career trajectories in the U.S. federal civil service from 1998 to 2024, finding that women remain concentrated in lower-level “pink-collar” roles, with limited advancement in masculine policy areas such as defense.

Authors

• Fred Gui, Louisiana State University

• Nichole Bauer, Louisiana State University

• Sanjida Mehrin, Louisiana State University