WS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: World Economic Forum, Quid Pro Quo, Pink-Collar Worker
14 Dec 2017
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Ws 100 - a: lecture: thursday, october 26th: Lecture notes: the gender wage gap - canadian women"s participation in education and the economy: Canada rated 19th of 142 countries @ 75% participation by women in 2014 (world economic. Canada rated 35th of 144 countries @ 73% participation by women in 2016 (world economic. Full time, full year female workers earn 75% of that earned by male workers. Increased participation by female-headed, solo-parent families in particular recently. Persistently lower rate of return for women on post-secondary education. The contemporary practice of letting the economic market drive economic and social policies (andersen, 374) The gender wage gap will disappear without further policy intervention once those women who negotiated lower starting contracts retire. Gender analyses are no longer necessary to ensure wage parity. Neoliberal fiscal politics have reduced social programming through budget cutting measures. No economic and career stability for women over reproductive years.
