DOAJ
Open Access
2026
How exceptional is the USA? Carework and inequality
Ruth Milkman
Abstrak
Abstract Countering the popular claim that what differentiates the USA for other wealthy countries in regard to the labor market dynamics of paid domestic labor is its relatively large immigrant population, this article argues that the critical factors are instead the USA’s minimal system of social provision and its extreme level of economic inequality (including inequality among women) which drives up both the supply of and the demand for paid domestic workers. In addition, in the USA paid domestic work is highly stratified, with extensive variation in pay and working conditions. In many respects the USA more closely resembles countries in the global South than its counterparts in the wealthy world.
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Ruth Milkman
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Informasi Jurnal
- Tahun Terbit
- 2026
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.11606/0103-2070.ts.2025.238437
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- Open Access ✓