Friday, 7 September 2012

Do people pay a price for working in caring jobs?

Do people pay a price for working in caring jobs?: Nursing assistants and childcare workers are typically paid less than those in comparable occupations, research has found. It is widely believed that certain occupations, such as care work, are relatively poorly paid because there are non-pecuniary benefits, such as job satisfaction and social esteem. However, there is little hard evidence for this.We investigated this assertion, using 17 years of data from the British Household Panel Survey, which contains information about the occupations and wages ... The Guardian

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