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family wage  

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  • 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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