SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gender Pay Gap
26 Mar 2019
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Often concentrated in occupations that fit with gender stereotypes of women as caring, nurturing beings. Teaching, nursing and social work as "women"s work" Less prestige than occupations typically occupied by men. Trend toward more cross-over between typical male and typical female occupations. Jobs which could only buy pin: gender wage gap. 1992: female full time workers made 72% of a male worker. 2011: for full time workers aged 17-64 i broadly comparable industries and occupations. Women"s wage 92% of that of males: cautionary notes the wage gap calculations did not include part-time workers. Disparities between men and women are not decreasing when the gendered nature of part time work into account. Wage gap is much larger than this data suggests. Wage gap varies systematically: variations in gender wage gap. Smallest for single never married women who work full time. Smaller for university- educated women than women less education.
