Causes of Wealth Inequality

How does unequal burden of care cause wealth inequality

Traditionally, women would care for the baby and the man would be the ‘breadwinner’ for the household. Times have changed now and usually both parents will have to work however women are still working less than men.

Unequal burden of care example

During an women's 20's and 30's the Gender pay gap is only around 3% however in a womens 40's the Gap reaches 13%

Furthermore, how does gender discrimination cause wealth inequality?

Similar inequal burden of care, due to out of date stereotypes, organisations have paid women less than men for the same value of work in the assumption that women are less capable of the job despite equal pay laws in place.

gender discrimination example

Glasgow City Council were made to pay £500 million in compensation for inequal pay.

How is education a cause of wealth inequality?

Privately educated students make up such a low minority of the UK population yet they make up the majority of higher up job positions.

An example of education causing wealth inequality

7% of the British population are privately educated yet 65% of senior judges are privately educated.

How does types of employment cause wealth inequality?

Some corporations such as Uber use types of employment such as the ‘gig economy’ to exploit their workers out of a fair wage. The structure of the gig economy means legally you are your own employer meaning you miss out on many benefits such as minimum wage, holiday and sick pay.

Example of the gig economy causing wealth inequality

Former Uber drivers Yaseen Aslam and James Farrar argued since they were self employed, they weren’t entitled to minimum wage

Furthermore how does inequal public sector job pay cause wealth inequality

Public services such as the NHS and other emergency services operate under tight government budgets as all these services need to break evens with taxpayer money. This means all measures such as lower salaries are put in place in order to keep the essential services running.

Example of public sector jobs underpaying.

NHS Nurses that are taking care of the UK public earn on average between £33,000 and £35,000 a year. This is low compared to Chelsea F.C’s captain Reece James that earns £250,000 a week!