TY - JOUR
T1 - Wages of virtue
T2 - The relative pay of care work
AU - England, Paula
AU - Budig, Michelle
AU - Folbre, Nancy
PY - 2002/11
Y1 - 2002/11
N2 - We examine the relative pay of occupations involving care, such as teaching, counseling, providing health services, or supervising children. We use panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth covering workers between 17 and 35 years of age. Care work pays less than other occupations after controlling for the education and employment experience of the workers, many occupation and industry characteristics, and (via individual fixed effects) unmeasured, stable characteristics of those who hold the jobs. Both men and women in care work pay this relative wage penalty. However, more women than men pay the penalty, since more women than men do this kind of work.
AB - We examine the relative pay of occupations involving care, such as teaching, counseling, providing health services, or supervising children. We use panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth covering workers between 17 and 35 years of age. Care work pays less than other occupations after controlling for the education and employment experience of the workers, many occupation and industry characteristics, and (via individual fixed effects) unmeasured, stable characteristics of those who hold the jobs. Both men and women in care work pay this relative wage penalty. However, more women than men pay the penalty, since more women than men do this kind of work.
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U2 - 10.1525/sp.2002.49.4.455
DO - 10.1525/sp.2002.49.4.455
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0036876561
SN - 0037-7791
VL - 49
SP - 455
EP - 473
JO - Social Problems
JF - Social Problems
IS - 4
ER -