SOC227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Human Resource Management, Family Wage, Artificial Intelligence
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Today"s issue in the news: the economist. The rise of machine intelligence, more people will see their jobs threatened. Technologies will allow some to be more productive, but others will have their jobs threatened. These trends can be seen in emerging economies. Wealth creation in the digital era, has encountered minimal employment: we"re getting more technology, but we are losing jobs or wages, and the effects are rising. Terms to know: participation rate, occupational structure, noc (national occupational classification, gender segregation, gender concentration, gender predominance. Reading guides: textbook chapter 6, 7, chapter 6, historical context: joy parr case study in ontario (pg. What causes those differences in work patterns for women: gender segregation. Two phenomena: gender predominance in an occupation and gender concentration (note the difference between the two) Figure 6. 3 is mislabeled -- it"s about gender predominance. Difference between vertical segregation and horizontal segregation: wages are mostly about annual earnings, compare the earnings between males and females.
