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Preferred term

family wage  

Definition(s)

  • The ideal-typical construction of the family wage is one designed for a male breadwinner to support his wife's in-home caretaking responsibilities. The initial impetus for the family wage can be traced to the increased industrialization and labor activism in the early 1800s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Social Theory; Family Wage]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-BZLPVB3R-1

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