Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/299677 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2019.11
Publisher: 
European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels
Abstract: 
This working paper provides data confirming that workers in lower-skilled health and social care assistant positions earn considerably less than the national average wage in their country. The publication argues that the wage penalty for working in female-dominated sectors and occupations such as health and social care can be explained by the underfinancing and privatisation of social care, weaker bargaining power in these sectors than many male-dominated sectors and the fact that care work is subject to a general undervaluation of what often continues to be seen as "women's" work.
Subjects: 
female workers
low income
bargaining power
healthcare
Social service
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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