SOC227H5 Lecture : Lecture#7-Women's Employment
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4: the chapter is devoted to women"s employment, six sections, historical context historical background, check the section on the family wage (172-174*, female labour force participation the big story, figure 4. 1* (women in. Question of the week (bonus 2%: question: At the beginning of the chapter, the book discusses the gender wage gap and how it is still evident today. The book outlines that although there hasn"t been much of a decline in terms of the gender wage gap recently, over the long term women"s earnings have been rising while men"s have been stalled. The book attributes this to the larger proportion of women investing in higher education and gaining access to better-paying jobs. Why is it still the case that women are making 60, 70, or. East asia (smallest gender difference in labour participation) North africa (largest gender difference in labour participation)
