Econometric Analyses of the Empirical Consequences of Comparable Worth: What Have We Learned? / Ronald G. Ehrenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrenberg, Ronald G.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w2672.

NBER working paper series no. w2672

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Econometric Analyses of the Empirical Consequences of Comparable Worth

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1988.

Summary:

This paper presents a survey of the small, but growing, empirical literature by economists on the consequences of comparable worth. It discusses in turn studies of comparable worth's effects (or potential effects) on the male/female earnings gap, on female employment, on female labor supply and occupational mobility, and on women and their families as a group. The survey is critical in nature and areas in which further research is needed are indicated.

Notes:

Print version record

August 1988.