SOC220H1 : Gender Week 8 - Wright Reading Notes.docx
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Japan employment settings: considerable cross national variation, gap lowest in english speaking countries and highest in, gap in authority within countries and cross national variations not result of gender differences , self selection hypothesis (that women don"t pursue authority because of family responsibility) doesn"t account for much of gap, except perhaps in canada, little support for glass ceiling hypothesis (that women face more barriers to moving up. Explaining the gender gap in having authority within countries (1) gender gap is result differences in personal attributes of men + women and of differences in their employment settings (lack of representation in pool of potential candidates (e. g. not many women are full time employees miss out on promotions) (2) gender gap is result of self selection in women: women choose mommy track because of family responsibilities, 3 variables linked to self selection: marital status + presence of children in household + percentage of housework performed by the husband.
