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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826935603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1981
• ISBN: 1-280-24605-7; 9786610246052; 0-309-53377-5; 0-585-14470-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (148 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TreimanDonald J; HartmannHeidi I
• Disciplina: 331.2/1
• Soggetti: Wages - Women - United States; Pay equity - United States; Sex discrimination in employment - United States; Sex discrimination against women - United States; Job evaluation - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- CONCLUSION -- 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 -- CONCLUSION -- 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.