abstract: 'Feminized care work occupations have traditionally paid lower wages

  compared to non-care work occupations when controlling for human

  capital. However, when men enter feminized occupations, they often

  experience a glass escalator, leading to higher wages and career

  mobility as compared to their female counterparts. In this study, we

  examine whether men experience a wage penalty for performing care work

  in today''s economy, or whether the glass escalator helps to mitigate the

  devaluation of care work occupations. Using data from the Survey of

  Income and Program Participation for the years 1996-2011, we examine the

  career patterns of low- and middle-skill men in health care occupations.

  We found that men in occupations that provide the most hands-on direct

  care did experience lower earnings compared to men in other occupations

  after controlling for demographic characteristics. However, men in more

  technical allied health occupations did not have significantly lower

  earnings, suggesting that these occupations may be part of the glass

  escalator for men in the health care sector. Minority men were

  significantly more likely than white men to be in direct care

  occupations, but not in frontline allied health occupations. Male direct

  care workers were less likely to transition to unemployment compared to

  men in other occupations.'
affiliation: 'Dill, JS (Corresponding Author), Univ Akron, Olin Hall 247, Akron, OH
  44325 USA.

  Dill, Janette S., Univ Akron, Sociol, Akron, OH 44325 USA.

  Price-Glynn, Kim, Univ Connecticut, Sociol \& Urban \& Community Studies, Storrs,
  CT USA.

  Rakovski, Carter, Calif State Univ Fullerton, Sociol, Fullerton, CA 92634 USA.'
author: Dill, Janette S. and Price-Glynn, Kim and Rakovski, Carter
author-email: jdill@uakron.edu
author_list:
- family: Dill
  given: Janette S.
- family: Price-Glynn
  given: Kim
- family: Rakovski
  given: Carter
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0891243215624656
eissn: 1552-3977
files: []
issn: 0891-2432
journal: GENDER \& SOCIETY
keywords: 'Low-wage work; Social mobility; New economy; Health care; Feminized

  occupations'
keywords-plus: 'GENDER SEGREGATION; LABOR; MASCULINITY; INEQUALITY; PAY; EXPERIENCES;

  RETHINKING; EARNINGS; RIDES; WAGES'
language: English
month: APR
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '66'
pages: 334-360
papis_id: ef61867899343235b68853e43bfcd154
ref: Dill2016doesglass
researcherid-numbers: Dill, Janette/Q-7408-2017
times-cited: '27'
title: 'Does the ``Glass Escalator″ Compensate for the Devaluation of Care Work Occupations?:
  The Careers of Men in Low- and Middle-Skill Health Care Jobs'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000372900800008
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '31'
volume: '30'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology; Women's Studies
year: '2016'