Gender Wage Differentials

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Part 2
Gender-based Wage Gap
Introduction
The prevalent wage gap in the society and it is based on the gender difference has
been no doubt observed to be decreasing, but the change in the gap cannot be allocated or
associated with changing perspective of society. The paper aims to trace the changing
dynamic and the structure in the wage gap due to globalization and to change the construct of
the gender pay gap. The sector division and the surface on which these difference in the gap
is based can be seen as the factor of institutionalization present in society and how education
is involved in it.
Discussion
The wage gap is seen to be influenced by one of the oldest forms of factor, which
influences the society that is gender discrimination based on the weakness of the other.
However, studies nowadays show the very small percent of the gap in the wage when it
comes to educated sectors, but almost all the researches show that this small gap is distinctly
visible among single men and women which relates to the issue of the corporate sector
addressing relationship as a liability which can affect employee’s working form. Polachek, in
his article, establishes it through the use of ‘The life cycle human capital framework’ where
the research shows the stark difference in the difference of actual working rate among
married men and women (Polachek). It can be concluded that corporate sectors view the
wage gap as employee retaining policy.
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