WGST 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Occupational Segregation, Trade Union, Job Security
9 Apr 2015
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Three central life-shaping processes: production, reproduction, distribution. Time crunch (gazzo, 2010): men are increasingly participating in the unpaid household labor, yet women still report feeling more time stressed" than their male counterparts - balancing their various unpaid/paid labour. Labour force segregation: concentration of women in service and sales work. Instrumental care work: necessary jobs, housework, meal preparations, etc. Affective care work: kinship work undertaking the psychological responsibilities for others, phone calls, etc. Vertical segregation: under (over) representation of a clearly identifiable group of workers in occupations or sectors at the top of an ordering based on desirable" attributes income, prestige, job stability, etc. Horizontal segregation: refers to the concentration of women and men in professions or sectors. Wage gap: difference in pay between men and women; about sh. 28. Explained and unexplained of the wage gap: unexplained: due to discrimination over time the unexplained portion has declined experience, explained: included productivity-related factors like education and work.
