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John Stuart Mill on wage inequalities between men and women

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  • Virginie Gouverneur

    (Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar, BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

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Mill proposes an analysis of women's low wages in a paragraph of Principles of Political Economy. The paper's purpose is to confront this analysis with his conception of justice, rooted in his utilitarianism. Mill's attachment to justice arises in a particular context, as the result of various intellectual influences. On the one hand, it underlies his concern for the situation of women on the labour market and his insistence on the role played by custom and laws in wage differences between men and women. On the other hand, the shortcomings of Mill's analysis appear consistent with his vision of equal justice and freedom for women.

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  • Virginie Gouverneur, 2020. "John Stuart Mill on wage inequalities between men and women," Working Papers hal-02474735, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-02474735
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2019.1652333
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    Keywords

    John Stuart Mill; Wage inequalities between the sexes; Discrimination; Occupational segregation by sex;
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    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925

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