SOCIOL 2HH3 Lecture 6: 2hh3 6
Document Summary
2018, female employees aged 25 to 54 earned . 13 (or 13. 3%) less per hour, on average, than their male counterparts. In other words, these women earned sh. 87 for every dollar earned by: the reduction in the gender wage gap between 1998 and 2018 was largely explained by men. changes in. 1. the distribution of men and women across occupations; 3. decline in the share of men in unionized employment: two largest factors explaining the remaining gender wage gap in 2018 were. 1. the distribution of women and men across industries. ( pelletier, patterson and moyser, statistics can 2019) Discrimination, occupational sex segregation, women"s unequal responsibility for child- bearing and child care (kimmel and holler, 2017: 225) Women choosing or needing to leave and re-enter the workforce in order to meet family needs (this will impact promotions: occupational gender segregation, discrimination in hiring and promotions, devaluation of the work of women.
