Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public Policy

Comparable Worth, Pay Equity, and Public Policy
Author: Rita Mae Kelly
Publisher: Praeger
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1988-02-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This collection of papers on comparable worth written by political scientists contains the best annotated bibliography on comparable worth that this reviewer has yet seen. One notable paper categorizes the 50 states as to whether they have conducted a comparable worth legislation, and have implemented comparable worth. Other contributors explain how job evaluation can be performed to implement comparable worth, describe the difficulties and possible bias in job evaluation methods, and present US case studies. . . . It has an outstanding bibliography and overview of many important issues. Choice Legislation outlawing sexual discrimination and mandating policies of equal pay for equal work has clearly failed to produce the intended results. Women workers continue to be paid substantially less than men, and more and more families headed by women have sunk below the poverty level. This volume of essays focuses on major issues that must be faced before a public policy promoting pay equity can become a reality. Combining the contributions of specialists from several disciplines, it offers statistical comparisons and analyses of wage inequities in various occupations, industries, and regions; case studies of comparable worth programs; and a conceptual framework for approaching the problem on a policy level.

Equal Pay for Work of Comparable Worth

Equal Pay for Work of Comparable Worth
Author: Catherine Selden
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : American Library Association, Office for Library Personnel Resources
Total Pages: 42
Release: 1982
Genre: Equal pay for equal work
ISBN:

Comparable Worth

Comparable Worth
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 1985-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309035341

Comparable worthâ€"equal pay for jobs of equal valueâ€"has been called the civil rights issue of the 1980s. This volume consists of a committee report that sets forth an agenda of much-needed research on this issue, supported by six papers contributed by eminent social scientists. The research agenda presented is structured around two general themes: (1) occupational wage differentials and discrimination and (2) wage adjustment strategies and their impact. The papers deal with a wide range of topics, including job evaluation, social judgment biases in comparable worth analysis, the economics of comparable worth, and prospects for pay equity.

Incomparable Worth

Incomparable Worth
Author: Steven E. Rhoads
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1994-08-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521478281

An analysis of the political and economic consequences of comparable worth or pay equity policies in the USA, the UK, and Australia.