SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Family Wage, Where We Are, Essentialism
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Drolet, why has the gender wage gap narrowed? . Masichusetts became first state to bar employees from asking about aplicants previous saleries before hring them. Company must give their own compensation/ wage based on what the employee worth is for them. By not asking, will prevent women from being stuck behind lower wages entire career. The difference between a job"s value, and its market value. Difference between annual earnings and hourly wage rates. Two ways of measuring the gender of a job. Four causes of differences in jobs" value. Relationship between job value and job sex predominance. Trends in the earnings and wage-rate gaps. Terms to know job value labour market annual earnings hourly wage rate family wage value of work. Two ways to pay workers in job x . Organization value and market value: organization value, how much individuals job provides company, how much value do they add to company. If value to organization higher, then paid higher.
