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COVID‐19 and raising the value of care

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  • Bobbi Thomason
  • Inmaculada Macias‐Alonso

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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.

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  • Bobbi Thomason & Inmaculada Macias‐Alonso, 2020. "COVID‐19 and raising the value of care," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(5), pages 705-708, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:27:y:2020:i:5:p:705-708
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12461
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