Question

In the paper “Gender discrimination in the British labour market: A reassessment” by Wright and Ermisch shows that women’s wages are on average lower than men’s wages. What are some of the arguments they give for conclusion?

Answer 1

Solution

Yes the gender discrimination still exists between women and men in terms of wages.Some of the arguments they give for conclusion are :

1.Most of them state that the Negotiating skills for the wages of women are lower than that of men so ultimately they land up in working for lower wages when compared to men.

2.Most of the women think that they do not deserve the same wages as their male counterparts as they believe that they are not the main breadwinners of their families.

3.Most women also think that apart from their career they have much larger role to play at their family life then their spouses,so they are ready to settle for lower prices.

4.Most women prefer job stability rather than growth in compensation due to different reasons like they have to settle to lower wages as a pay-off to receive the leaves they might require like maternity leaves etc.,

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