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Women, work, and wages : equal pay for jobs of equal value / Donald J. Treiman and Heidi T. Hartmann, editors ; Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Research Council.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.
Contributor:
Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis.
Treiman, Donald J.
Hartmann, Heidi I.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Wages--Women--United States.
Wages.
Pay equity--United States.
Pay equity.
Sex discrimination in employment--United States.
Sex discrimination in employment.
Sex discrimination against women--United States.
Sex discrimination against women.
Job evaluation--United States.
Job evaluation.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (148 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1981.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
Women, Work, and Wages: Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 Introduction
CURRENT LEGAL CONTEXT
THE ISSUES
PLAN OF THE REPORT
2 Evidence Regarding Wage Differentials
THE EXISTENCE OF WAGE DIFFERENTIALS
The Effect of Worker Characteristics on Differences in Earnings
The Effect of Job Characteristics on Differences in Earnings
CONCLUSION
TECHNICAL NOTE
3 Wage Differentials and Institutional Features of Labor Markets
LABOR MARKETS
COMPARABLE WORTH AND INTERNAL LABOR MARKETS
SEGMENTATION OF THE LABOR MARKET
JOB SEGREGATION
CHOICE
EXCLUSION
UNDERPAYMENT OF WOMEN'S WORK
DISCRIMINATION IN LABOR MARKETS
4 Wage-Adjustment Approaches to Overcoming Discrimination
INTRODUCTION
CONVENTIONAL JOB EVALUATION APPROACHES TO ASSESSING PAY RATES
Methods of Job Evaluation
Factors and Factor Weights
The Role of Judgment
Multiple Job Evaluation Plans in a Single Firm
Modeling and Measurement
Summary
STATISTICAL APPROACHES TO ASSESSING PAY RATES
INCLUDING "PERCENT FEMALE" IN THE ESTIMATION OF PAY RATES
JOBS HELD BY WHITE MEN AS A STANDARD
USING STATISTICAL PROCEDURES TO CORRECT DISCRIMINATORY PAY RATES
5 Conclusions
THE EXTENT AND THE SOURCES OF PAY DIFFERENTIALS
IDENTIFYING AND ELIMINATING PAY DISCRIMINATION
JOB EVALUATION PLANS
References
Supplementary Statement
MINIMUM WAGE
IMPORT REGULATION
PLANT REMOVAL REGULATION
LABOR-MANAGEMENT ACT REFORM
A SOCIAL WAGE
MANDATORY CONTROLS
Minority Report
CRITERION FOR DETERMINING JOB VALUES
THE USE OF STRUCTURED JOB ANALYSIS PROCEDURES
APPENDIX A: STRUCTURED JOB ANALYSIS QUESTIONNAIRES
APPENDIX B: THE JOB COMPONENT METHOD OF JOB EVALUATION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographies.
ISBN:
9786610246052
9781280246050
1280246057
9780309533775
0309533775
9780585144702
0585144702
OCLC:
44963304

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