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Originally Posted by Weitz
Is there a check to see if the higher wages in Alberta contribute to this? Is it assumed everyone wants to work?
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Yes, the consensus seems to be that this is in part due to higher wages. From the article..
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In 2014, the median family income in Alberta was $97,000, the highest of any province. Much of that income came from men’s wages in our resource-based economy. Many jobs in this sector require long shifts, and many of these employees work away from home for weeks at a time.
One mother I spoke to about this issue summed up this phenomenon by describing herself as a “married single parent with a big pay cheque.”
This “married single mom” status is common among women whose spouses work in the oilpatch. These women are responsible for caring for kids, getting them to school, or piano, or soccer, volunteering for little league and getting kids to the dentist, all on their own. With little to no additional support for unpaid care and household responsibilities, many see no other option than to leave the workforce.
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https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/...-the-workforce
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I mean the first note is dubious at best and the second 2 mean nothing without context.
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It's dubious that Alberta has a larger male-female wage gap than any other province in Canada? For all our wealth, we've still got a 42% gap between men and women in this province. Even the maritimes are doing better! Does that strike you as fair? How is that "dubious"?
And wage gaps are largely considered to be a motherhood penalty - there's a study from Denmark that found that 80% of the wage gap can be explained by child bearing.
https://www.vox.com/2018/2/19/170183...ldcare-penalty