Earnings inequality and the expansion of care services in the United States, 1985–2019

Leila Gautham, Nancy Folbre and Kristin Smith

Industrial Relations Journal, 2024, vol. 55, issue 2, 119-140

Abstract: Earnings in care services are lower than in other industries, particularly among professional and managerial employees, and are more compressed than in other industries. The growth of primarily female employment in care services since the 1980s has buffered overall increases in wage inequality while slowing convergence in the gender wage differential.

Date: 2024
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