Evidence shows has been empirical research across the The significant and unequal amount of that there is a gender wage gap in Jamaica; world in the past decade, that has made time that women dedicate to unpaid care where Jamaican women earn 61 cents for the intersection of unpaid and paid work and domestic work means that their care every dollar earned by a man.99 The gender clearer, and the rami. [...] The higher the consumption ties have on depressing women’s income.95 zation quintile, the lower the participation rates Unpaid care and domestic work also limits and engagement levels in unpaid care and women’s access to the labour market, often domestic work, and the higher the partici- relegating them to low-income and inse- pation rates and engagement levels in paid cure employment.96 Research. [...] varies from one measurement to another, and 176 percent more than similarly em- Canada, the UK, and the US had gaps of as data on gender wage gaps is inconsis- ployed women, while in rural areas men between 14 and 17 percent.103 In the Carib- tent, and studies differ in estimations of can earn up to 163 percent more than bean, the evidence suggests that there is a the size of the gap.108 The most. [...] CAPRI I Fair Pay: The Wage Gap Barrier to Women's Empowerment CAPRI I Fair Pay: The Wage Gap Barrier to Women's Empowerment 25 26 CAPRI I Fair Pay: The Wage Gap Barrier to Women's Empowerment CAPRI I Fair Pay: The Wage Gap Barrier to Women's Empowerment Why the Gender Wage that occupational segregation and the another study of Jamaica and Barbados, Gap Persists earnings gap persists because the so. [...] Pay transparency laws can be limited by the privacy rights of employees and the concerns of employers, and are generally crafted to balance the goal of pay transparency with the need to protect the privacy and interests of employees and employers.
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