SOC366H1 Lecture Notes - Three Steps, California State Route 14, Machismo
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Left side: male and female segregation in jobs. Right side: median weekly earning for those jobs. Female dominated jobs come with low wages: major contributors, identifying the effects of gender. Earnings usually seen in media shows larger difference: it is because males work more hours and more weeks, denominator i. e. hourly a more pure measure. Wage gap today: 72 cents of dollars 72% Chart: the more education you have, the more you make: fyft full year full time, at every education level there is a big gap 70, human capital model doesn"t address why men make more. Zhang motherhood penalty: cost of motherhood is the highest among mothers with education mothers vs. non-mothers = huge problem. At highest status of jobs giving birth = labour market interruptions = biggest burn: occupation. In broad categories i. e. health care feminized nature of nursing and doctor huge gap. Comparing doctors to doctors also, they make less.
