SOC352H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Motherhood Penalty, Long-Term Care, Motivation
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Challenging classical economic assumptions about informed choice in purchasing care within a market system, consumers are assumed to have information, mobility, competence/intellectual capacity and resources to make and act on informed choices. However this is not the case for many (especially vulnerable) individuals in need of care care penalty sacrifices made for care work (loss of time, money experiences missed) Theoretical frameworks of care: the devaluation framework. Examines why care work has low pay relative to its skill demands: care work is seen as giving a face-to face service to clients, like waiter and receptionists, care as essentially a female identified activity. Female jobs pay less than male jobs, after adjusting for measurable differences in educational requirements, skill levels and working conditions. These penalties are experienced by both men and women in predominantly female occupations and contribute to the gender gap in pay: the public good framework.
