SOCIOL 2Q06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Glass Ceiling, Sex Segregation, Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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November 14, 2012: accounting for women"s lower earnings. Gender-segregated structure of the labour market: human capital theory (from your text page 236) Female and male pay differences are a product of differences in men"s and women"s educational levels, skills, training and work experience. (remember we said this is a very supply side argument) She works hard for the money: household responsibilities and the allocation of effort by bielby and bielby. On average women allocate more effort to work than do men. Women worked longer, did more work, completed more correct work, and were more efficient than men from major et al. study 1984. Women generate energy necessary to fulfill their commitments to two sets of activity (p. 1056). Work demands of the home do not impact negatively. Supply side explanations (explanations which focus on the abilities and preferences of workers. Time spent working (men put in longer hours) Wage bargaining (impacts wages) (padavic and reskin 2002)
