She works hard for the money: tackling low pay in sectors dominated by women – evidence from health and social care
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels
ETUI - Brussels
2019
42 p.
low wages ; medical care ; employment ; women ; trade union role ; collective bargaining ; female occupation ; healthcare worker
Working Paper
2019.11
Wages and wage payment systems
English
Bibliogr.
1994-4446
13.07-67763
"This working paper provides data confirming that workers in lower-skilled health and social care assistant positions earn considerably less than the national average wage in their country.
The publication argues that the wage penalty for working in female-dominated sectors and occupations such as health and social care can be explained by the underfinancing and privatisation of social care, weaker bargaining power in these sectors than many male-dominated sectors and the fact that care work is subject to a general undervaluation of what often continues to be seen as “women's” work."
Digital;Paper
ISBN (PDF) : 1994-4454
Legal deposit : D/2019/10.574/11
See also
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[Book]
She works hard for the money. Tackling low pay in sectors dominated by women: evidence from health and social care
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EPSU, 2018. - 41 p.
https://www.epsu.org/
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