WGS 2900 Final
comparable worth, prohibiting pay secrecy, pay data collection, caregiver credits to closing the gender wage gap
Approaches to closing the gender wage gap
discrimination, human capital, organization of jobs
Explanation for gender wage gap
women do more unpaid work than men do
Gender based division of household labor
men are thought of as choice they make (positive way), women are thought of as forced and just seen as mothers (negative way)
How are women migrants viewed differently from men who migrate?
domestic work and home based work
Types of informal labor
tasks traditionally thought of as women's work continue to be primarily performed by women
What are the different explanations for gender based division of household labor?
routine housework, cooking and cleanup, childcare, care for adults, non-routine house work, yard work, repairs, and sociability work
What does unpaid work include?
work is paid, but unstructured and unregulated
What is informal labor?
50%
What percentage of migrants are women?
South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
What region has the highest rates of women in the labor force?
because women do more work than a lot of en, as they are for the home and children and the chores as a form of informal labor while still typically doing formal labor, such as their 9-5 jobs
Why is studying the informal economy important for understanding women's paid work?
caregiver credits
a way to bolster retirement security for caregivers (who are often women) who have taken time out of the work force to care for others (children, sick, elderly)
Norway's 40% rule
a way to break the glass ceiling (40% of corporate board must be women)
glass ceiling
an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities (cannot go passed a certain point)
comparable worth
designs systematic ways to evaluate jobs in order to create pay scales that don't discriminate against occupations that are dominated by women
gender perspective
household labor is a symbolic representation of gender relations
glass escalator
in female-dominated industries, such as social work, nursing and education, the number of opportunities for women is generally increased. However, when the effect occurs, men still tend to rise to higher levels than women and do so by hidden advantages
vertical segregation
in same job categories, women are ranked lower and hold the prestigious positions ex: education, women teacher assistants, preschool and kindergarten, men- secondary and postsecondary education
domestic work
invisible informal work
horizontal segregation
men and women hold different types of job, tendency for jobs mainly held by men to have higher pay rates ex: women-personal cares and services, office and administrative support, healthcare support, education, CEO, man-architecture, construction, repair
remittances
money transfers by migrants to there relatives or other persons in country of origin
unpaid work
production of goods and services by household members that are not sold on the marker
sticky floor
refers to the fact that globally most women (and men) work in the lowest paid, lowest skilled jobs in manufacturing and service
job ladders
some jobs have many levels for potential advancement whereas other jobs dot have as many opportunities for advancement
socialization theory
teaches boys and girls skills in certain kinds of housework and we train them to feel responsible with some activities and not others
pay data collection
the process of requiring or incentivizing employers to collect and provide their pay data to government bodies
home based work
visible informal work
sociability work
volunteering
relative resources
whoever makes more money is responsibility for less household work. however even women out ear men, women often do more housework
time availability
women spend less time in paid workforce, giving them more time for unpaid work
