id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-295650-90pf87mj Thomason, Bobbi COVID‐19 and raising the value of care 2020-06-03 .txt text/plain 1486 102 64 We explore how the gender wage gap is driven primarily by the fact that men and women sort into different work, with women being over‐represented in work where they care for others and in work that allows them to care for their families. This gap is driven primarily by the fact that men and women sort into different work, with women being over-represented in work where they care for others and in work that allows them to care for their families (Blau & Kahn, 2017; Goldin, 2014; Reskin, 1993) . Even when men and women work in the same professions, they continue to be sorted into high-and low-status positions. For example, men in care occupations tend to reach management and supervisory roles faster than women, a phenomenon known as the 'glass escalator' (Williams, 1992) . Occupational segregation and the devaluation of women's work across U.S. labor markets ./cache/cord-295650-90pf87mj.txt ./txt/cord-295650-90pf87mj.txt