Why are More Women Engaged in Care Work?
Current statistics reveals that more women engage themselves in care work than men. This is the exact opposite if what many people expect in such a way that the role of women restricts them to household chores and general household responsibilities. To break away from these traditions, most women are looking for employment opportunities due to a number of factors. There are many reasons that support their undertakings. However, it is worth to note that a large percentage of the women engage themselves in care work or opportunities that relate to care-giving. This paper examines some of the reasons why there are more women in the care-giving field than men.
Firstly, many people perceive the issue of wages and income to be a major contributing factor to the large number of women in care work and related fields. This comes about as a result of inequalities in income and the strive for financial independence. Inequalities arise from more workers, especially men joining high productivity sectors of the economy due to their competitive advantage and knowledge in those sectors. This leaves the women with little or no choice than joining the so-called less competitive and productive care …show more content…
The reason behind this is that middle-income families derive their income from wages while he super rich live by their large fortunes. The income composition and income levels vary to allow the analysis of different income levels and groups (PikettySaez_QJE_2003.page 5, 1st paragraph). On the contrary, the Kuznets process cannot be reconciled easily with the decline in inequality that took place in the twentieth century. The increase in inequality is thus consistent with any change arising in the demand and supply of other factors. The increase in capital income resulted to the loss of top wages. The negative
Current statistics reveals that more women engage themselves in care work than men. This is the exact opposite if what many people expect in such a way that the role of women restricts them to household chores and general household responsibilities. To break away from these traditions, most women are looking for employment opportunities due to a number of factors. There are many reasons that support their undertakings. However, it is worth to note that a large percentage of the women engage themselves in care work or opportunities that relate to care-giving. This paper examines some of the reasons why there are more women in the care-giving field than men.
Firstly, many people perceive the issue of wages and income to be a major contributing factor to the large number of women in care work and related fields. This comes about as a result of inequalities in income and the strive for financial independence. Inequalities arise from more workers, especially men joining high productivity sectors of the economy due to their competitive advantage and knowledge in those sectors. This leaves the women with little or no choice than joining the so-called less competitive and productive care …show more content…
The reason behind this is that middle-income families derive their income from wages while he super rich live by their large fortunes. The income composition and income levels vary to allow the analysis of different income levels and groups (PikettySaez_QJE_2003.page 5, 1st paragraph). On the contrary, the Kuznets process cannot be reconciled easily with the decline in inequality that took place in the twentieth century. The increase in inequality is thus consistent with any change arising in the demand and supply of other factors. The increase in capital income resulted to the loss of top wages. The negative