POL 3126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Capital, Glass Ceiling, Prostitution In Sweden

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 3126
• Professor: Tamara Kotar

Document Summary

Human capital model reasons that women and men bring different natural skills to the workplace. Choice model assumes women just personally choose and gravitate to different careers. Patriarchy model assumes we have a male dominated society. That doesn"t encourage women to pursue certain types of professions. Job discrimination in terms of gender (the glass ceiling) Looks at labor force participation, educational attainment, reproductive health, and political representation: greater score mean greater inequality between the genders. Un gender equity index: higher score means greater equality based on education, economic participation, and role in political office, societies with greater equality have greater representation and democratic process. Un women"s opportunity index: access to finance, legal and social status, ability to access the labor market, societies that promote equality do better economically. Models of citizenship: who"s included in terms of gender, ethnic, and religious identity.