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What is the Human Capital Theory and what are the problems with it?
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1. Female dom occs require less hc and male dom occs req more.
1. Problem: counter examples like nursing and teaching req more hc 2. Female dom jobs rarely pay more than male dom jobs 3. Female dom occs have less skill deprec so they can step out but skills wont be obsolete. 3. Problems: No diffs in the rate of skill depreciation in male and female dom occs Problems: females outearn males in educ process and are investing more in exp |
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What is the Socialization Theory and what are the problems with it?
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-Children are taught from a young age to fulfill masc and fem roles which affects indiv. aspirations.
Problems: counter examples, how does sex seg start, tokens, cant explain trends over time |
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What is Tastes for Discrimination Theory and what are the problems with it?
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-Irrational prefs for specific workers
-3 groups whose prefs matter: employers, employees, and customers. -Employers will hire group members but pay less to compensate the 3 groups who matter Problems: cant explain sex seg, tastes arent well explained, disc persists (glitch in system) |
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What is Statistical Discrimination and what are the problems with it?
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-Employers use aggregate stats when hiring workers.
-Employers use race and sex to determine applicants likelihood of success Problems: counterexamples: female dom jobs some req lots of otj training, and employers tend to use anecdotle evidence. |
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What is Internal Labor Market Theory?
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-Career ladder, inside promotion track
-Existence of ILM's disproves neoclassical assumptions -Pay gap in sex seg is the result of females seg in jobs with no ILMs |
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What is Dual Labor Market Theory?
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-Primary Sector Occs: good pay, good benefits, authority, autonomy.
-Seconday Sector Occs: unstable jobs, bad pay, no benefits, no otj training so employees are easily turned over. -female and racial identities are concentrated in secondary sector. (pay gap) |
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What is Segmented Labor Market Theory?
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-Employers (primary sector) wanted to divide and conquer their workers
-Employers dont want their workers to realize common interests (lead to strikes etc) |
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What are the problems associated with the 3 market theories (Labor Market Theory, Dual Labor Market Theory, Segmented Labor Market Theory?)
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-Purely descriptive-doesnt tell us much about how patterns emerge.
-Need to pay attention to satisfying coworkers, customers. Ex: a dress shop, no one wants to buy a dress from a guy so thats why an employer might hire a woman. |
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What is Queuing/Relative Attractiveness Theory?
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-Labor market is embedded in a gender and race hierarchy. (white male dom)
-Labor Queu: white men at top -Job Queu: most attractive jobs at top -Occs flip sex comp when it loses or gains attractiveness (change in tech or reorganization) |
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What is Cultural Devaluation Theory?
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-Because females are devalued in society, stereotypical feminine traits and jobs that females work are also devalued.
-Queuing Theory: jobs degrade--females enter -Cultural Devaluation Theory: females enter--jobs degrade |
