Pay equity : empirical inquiries

Author(s)

• Michael, Robert T.
• Hartmann, Heidi I.
• O'Farrell, Brigid
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues. Panel on Pay Equity Research

Bibliographic Information

Pay equity : empirical inquiries

Robert T. Michael, Heidi I. Hartmann, and Brigid O'Farrell, editors ; Panel on Pay Equity Research, Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

National Academy Press, 1989

• : pbk
• : hbk

Note

Selected papers of a workshop held in Sept. 1987

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Are women paid less than men when they hold comparable jobs? Is there gender bias in the way wages are set? Or can wage differences between men and women be explained by legitimate market forces? Pay Equity: Empirical Inquiries answers these questions in 10 original research papers. The papers explore race- and gender-based differences in wages, at the level both of individuals and of occupations. They also assess the effects of the implementation of comparable worth plans for private firms, states, and?on an international level?for Australia, Great Britain, and the United States. Table of Contents Front Matter Pay Equity: Assessing the Issues Part I. Gender Differences in Wages: Wage Determination for Individuals 1. Salaries, Salary Growth, and Promotions of Men and Women in a Large, Private Firm 2. Measuring the Effect of Occupational Sex and Race Composition on Earnings 3. Effects of Excess Supply on the Wage Rates of Young Women 4. The Effects of Sex-Role-Related Factors in Occupational Choice and Salary Part II. Jobs and Occupations as the Unit of Analysis 5. Pay the Man: Effects of Demographic Composition of Prescribed Wage Rates in the California Civil Service 6. Comparable Worth, Occupational Labor Markets, and Occupational Earnings: Results from the 1980 Census 7. Occupational Segregation, Compensating Differentials, and Comparable Worth Part III. Comparable Worth Implementations 8. Comparable Worth and the Structure of Earnings: The Iowa Case 9. The Impact of Pay Equity on Public Employees: State of Minnesota Employees 10. Women Biographical Sketches of Contributors Index

Table of Contents

• 1 Front Matter
• 2 Pay Equity: Assessing the Issues
• 3 Part I. Gender Differences in Wages: Wage Determination for Individuals
• 4 1. Salaries, Salary Growth, and Promotions of Men and Women in a Large, Private Firm
• 5 2. Measuring the Effect of Occupational Sex and Race Composition on Earnings
• 6 3. Effects of Excess Supply on the Wage Rates of Young Women
• 7 4. The Effects of Sex-Role-Related Factors in Occupational Choice and Salary
• 8 Part II. Jobs and Occupations as the Unit of Analysis
• 9 5. Pay the Man: Effects of Demographic Composition of Prescribed Wage Rates in the California Civil Service
• 10 6. Comparable Worth, Occupational Labor Markets, and Occupational Earnings: Results from the 1980 Census
• 11 7. Occupational Segregation, Compensating Differentials, and Comparable Worth
• 12 Part III. Comparable Worth Implementations
• 13 8. Comparable Worth and the Structure of Earnings: The Iowa Case
• 14 9. The Impact of Pay Equity on Public Employees: State of Minnesota Employees
• 15 10. Women
• 16 Biographical Sketches of Contributors
• 17 Index

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Details

• NCID: BA10138697
• ISBN:
  • 0309039789
  • 0309039819
• LCCN: 89030726
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D. C.
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 258 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD6061
  • DC19 : 331.2/1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pay equity -- Congresses