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Dynamics of Claims Making and Gender Wage Gaps in the United States and Norway

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This paper compares claims making and gender wage gaps in the United States and Norway, and asks how public sector employment moderates the association between gender segregation and the gender gap in wages in the two countries. Using nationally representative data and hierarchical linear modeling, we analyze gender wage gaps within and between job types. The analyses show that job types heavily concentrated in the public sector, effectively insulated from regular market dynamics, have small if any gender wage gaps. Drawing on relational inequality theory, we argue that this results from the absence of opportunities for individual level claims making.

Source: Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society

DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxy019

Authors: Liza Reisel, Kjersti Misje Østbakken, Paul Attewell

Institutions: Institute for Social Research, The Graduate Center, CUNY, City University of New York

Language: English

Topic: Employment, Labor, and Gender Studies

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Decent work and economic growth, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Gender equality

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,631