COVID?19 and raising the value of care #MMPMID32837006
Thomason B; Macias?Alonso I
Gend Work Organ 2020[Sep]; 27 (5): 705-8 PMID32837006show ga
In this opinion piece, we argue the current pandemic is shining a light on caregiving as critical work that is under?valued and under?paid. We call upon national lawmakers to raise the value of care work. Doing so would also make progress in solving another national crisis: closing the gender wage gap. We explore how the gender wage gap is driven primarily by the fact that men and women sort into different work, with women being over?represented in work where they care for others and in work that allows them to care for their families.