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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828407903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1989
• ISBN: 1-280-21465-1; 9786610214655; 0-309-54297-9; 0-585-14392-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xiv, 258 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): MichaelRobert T; HartmannHeidi I; O'FarrellBrigid
• Disciplina: 331.2/1
• Soggetti: Pay equity; Wages
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Selected papers of a workshop held in Sept. 1987.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Pay Equity -- Copyright -- Contents -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS -- PANEL MEMBERS -- RESEARCHERS -- DISCUSSANTS -- STAFF -- GUESTS -- PAY EQUITY: ASSESSING THE ISSUES -- THE EMPERICAL INQUIRIES -- Gender Differences in Wages: Wage Determination for Individuals -- Male-Female Salaries and Promotions in a Large, Private Firm -- Occupational Segregation and Earnings -- Labor Market Crowding and Earnings of Women -- Sex-Role, Occupational Choice, and Salary -- Jobs and Occupations as the Unit of Analysis -- Effects of Demographic Composition on Pay Rates for Jobs -- Occupational Differences and Earnings -- Implementation of Comparable Worth Policies -- Iowa's Comparable Worth Plan -- Pay Equity in Minnesota -- Women's Pay in Australia, Great Britain, and the United States -- CONCLUSION -- Research Consensus -- Research Needs -- 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 -- The Firm -- Method -- Sample and Measures -- Analyses -- Results -- Decomposition of Salary Differences -- Decomposition of Salary Growth Differences -- Decomposition of Promotion Differences -- Effect of Percentage Female -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- COMMENTARY -- References -- 2 Measuring the Effect of Occupational Sex and Race Composition on Earnings -- Research Method -- Discussion of the Data -- Empirical Results -- Jobs with a Disproportionate Number of Women and Minorities -- Empirical Results by Industrial Sector -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- 3 Effects of Excess Supply on the Wage Rates of Young Women -- Investigating Crowding Effects -- Differences in Female Labor Markets -- Differences by Occupation -- Methods -- General Labor Market Variables -- Key Explanatory Variables -- Empirical Results.; Occupation -- Personal Characteristics -- Alternative Causal Explanations -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 The Effects of Sex-Role-Related Factors on Occupational Choice and Salary -- The Occupational Choices of Men and Women -- The Influence of Sex-Role-Related Factors -- Occupational Information -- Self-Confidence -- Risk-Taking Behavior -- Integrating Sex-Role-Related Factors -- Summary and Implications -- References -- PART II JOBS AND OCCUPATIONS AS THE UNIT OF ANALYSIS -- 5 Pay the Man: Effects of Demographic Composition on Prescribed Wage Rates in the California Civil Service -- The Setting -- Hypotheses -- Data and Methods -- The Sample -- Operationalization -- Cross-Sectional Analyses -- Effects of Demographic Composition -- Educational and Experience Requirements -- Penalties Associated with the Presence of Women and Nonwhites in a Job -- Trend Analyses -- Enduring Jobs: Cross-Sectional Regressions, 1979 and 1985 -- Comparing 1985 Penalties in Enduring Jobs and Job Births -- Longitudinal Analyses -- Examining the Crowding Hypothesis: The Interaction Between Employment Growth and Changes in Demographic Composition -- Summary and Implications -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Appendix -- COMMENTARY -- Reference -- 6 Comparable Worth, Occupational Labor Markets, and Occupational Earnings: Results from the 1980 Census -- Alternative Theories and Literatures -- Theory and Hypotheses -- Previous Tests of Related Theory -- Method -- Measurement of Job Content -- Measurement of Occupational Labor Market Conditions -- Measurement of Annualized Earnings -- Results -- Descriptive Analyses -- Multivariate Analyses -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 7 Occupational Segregation, Compensating Differentials, and Comparable Worth -- Possible Causes of Sex Differences -- Differences in Productivity.; Differences in Utility Functions -- Discrimination -- Analytic Framework -- Estimation Issues -- The Data -- Estimated Wage Equations -- Results -- Adding Demographic and Personal Characteristics -- Adding the Full Set of "Comparable Worth" Factors -- Results for Other Ethnic Groups -- Changes in Sex Composition -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- COMMENTARY -- PART III COMPARABLE WORTH IMPLEMENTATION -- 8 Comparable Worth and the Structure of Earnings: The Iowa Case -- Historical Background -- Hypotheses -- Methodology and Data -- Results -- Tabulations -- Human Capital Model -- Comparable Worth Model -- Human Capital-Job Attributes Model -- Predicted Pay Ratios -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 9 The Impact of Pay Equity on Public Employees: State of Minnesota Employees' Attitudes Toward ; Wage Policy Innovation -- Policy History -- Content -- Implementation -- Wage Changes and Labor Relations -- Data and Methods -- Survey Design -- Variables -- Support -- Knowledge -- Experience -- Perceived Impact -- Material Position -- Organizational Position -- Ideological Beliefs -- Sample Characteristics -- Findings -- Support -- Knowledge -- Experience -- Perceived Impact -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 10 Women's Pay in Australia, Great Britain, and the United States: The Role of Laws, Regulations, and Human Capital -- Relevance of the Human Capital Model -- Method of Analysis -- Results from the Earnings Equations -- The Importance of Institutions -- Australia -- Britain -- United States -- Employment and Unemployment -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix: Definition of Variables Used in the Regression Equations -- Australia -- Education Variables -- Experience -- Children -- Area -- Marital Status -- Great Britain -- Education Variables -- Experience -- Children -- Area -- Marital Status -- United States.; Education Variables -- Experience -- Children -- Area -- Marital Status -- COMMENTARY -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.