On average, they work fewer hours per week and are more likely to work on a part-time basis than other workers. Hourly wage gaps —adjusted for type of worker— show that there is a considerable wage penalty for domestic work in the vast majority of countries. While there is no overall pattern in conditions for care workers in the education sector, health-care woikers enjoy a wage premium compared with other workers with similar traits. While domestic workers are mainly private-sector wage-eamers, almost half of all other care woikers are employed in the public sector.