Working 9-5

Question 1

Three central-life shaping processes

Answer 1

Production: Paid work, the security of our position, saving for the future, our relationship to the economy

Reproduction: social reproduction of dependents -children parents, relatives, partners as well as children

Distribution: How services are rendered and distributed

Question 2

Labour force segregation

Answer 2

Concentration of women in service and sales, health and education; women have been in particular types of jobs in terms of labour

Question 3

Instrucmental care work

Answer 3

Women continue to perform the majority of this care work: housework, meal prep, etc

Question 4

Affective care work

Answer 4

Kinship work (ex writing and sending birthday cards, gifts) undertaking the psychological responsibilities for others

Question 5

Vertical segregation

Answer 5

Under (over) representation of a clearly identifiable group of workers in occupations or sectors at the top of an ordering based on desirable attributes

Question 6

Horizontal segregation

Answer 6

Under (over) representation of a certain group in occupations or sectors. Refers to the concentration of women and men in professions or sectors

Question 7

Wage gap

Answer 7

Wage gap is usally due to discrimination. Over time, the unexplained portion has declined

Question 8

Proactive Pay equity

Answer 8

Require employers and unions to take positive action to examine pay systems and eliminating discrimination in wages