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Title: One Hundred Years of Buying Care: Gender, Race and Market Carework in the Twentieth Century

Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis

Publication Year: 2005

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Abstract: This historical study of paid care work in the United States from 1900 to 2000, has the dual analytic goals of advancing conceptual clarity about care and documenting paid cares relationships to race, gender, and wage inequalities. In the context of increasing concerns about the negative impacts of low wages and high turnover in many care occupations both on the quality of care and on the lives of workers, understanding the relationships between care work and inequalities is critical. Using Census data, this study examines in detail patterns of racial and gender distribution as well as wage levels of distinct care occupations over time.

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Authors: Duffy, Mignon

Institution: Brandeis University

Department: Sociology and Social Policy

Advisor: Karen V. Hansen

Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

Publisher Location: Waltham, MA

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Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Race and Ethnicity

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