How care-work employment shapes earnings in cross-national perspective
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This article investigates the wage effects of employment in care work – conceptualized as work providing face-to-face client services that strengthen the health, skills or safety of recipients – in 12 countries representing a range of economic and policy contexts. While previous research has found an earnings penalty for care work, this article finds remarkable cross-national variation in that effect. The authors find that worker characteristics and job characteristics shape the effect ...; [read all]
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| Description | How care-work employment shapes earnings in cross-national perspective / Michelle Budig J., Joya Misra |
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