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With particular reference to gender inequalities, examine the reasons for inequality in the labour market.
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With particular reference to gender inequalities, examine the reasons for inequality in the labour market. When looking at inequalities in the labour market it is necessary to understand the key features of a perfectly competitive market. If these features or assumptions were to hold true in the real world market there would be no inequality at all. However in reality the labour has a very disproportionate wage in relation to men and women in the same occupation. The segmentation in the labour market also causes some unbalance. On one hand there is the Primary Sector where the highly work, in an unionised industry. On the other hand is the Secondary Sector in which workers are low skilled, poorly regulated and non-unionised. This is where issues of gender inequality begin to arise, reasons for inequality range from the social role of a woman to blatant discrimination. Though much legislation has been introduced,...
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