LEADER 03339nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910819097303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-48016-4 010 $a1-134-48017-2 010 $a1-280-11121-6 010 $a0-203-99413-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203994139 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251540 035 $a(EBL)235264 035 $a(OCoLC)475943045 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000193570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166604 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10226581 035 $a(PQKB)11425923 035 $a(OCoLC)1000433127 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC235264 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251540 100 $a20030512d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLiving wages, equal wages $egender and labor market policies in the United States /$fDeborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon $cRoutledge$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-27391-9 311 $a0-415-27390-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction: living wages, equal wages, and the value of women's work; Waged work in the twentieth century; Two faces of wages within the economics tradition: wages as a living, wages as a price; The third face: wages as a social practice; An experiment in wage regulation: minimum wages for women; A living for breadwinners: the federal minimum wage; Job evaluation and the ideology of equal pay; Legislating equal wages 327 $aLiving wages, equal wages revisited: contemporary movements and policy initiativesApplying feminist political economy to wage setting; Notes; References; Index 330 $aWage setting has historically been a deeply political and cultural as well as economic process. This informative and accessible book explores how US wage regulations in the twentieth century took gender, race-ethnicity and class into account. Focusing on social reform movements for living wages and equal wages, it offers an interdisciplinary account of how women's work and the remuneration for that work has changed along with the massive transformations in the economy and family structures.The controversial issue of establishing living wages for all workers makes this book both a timely an 410 0$aRoutledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ;$v1. 606 $aWages$zUnited States 606 $aWages$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aEqual pay for equal work$zUnited States 615 0$aWages 615 0$aWages$xGovernment policy 615 0$aEqual pay for equal work 676 $a331.210973 700 $aFigart$b Deborah M$0892390 701 $aMutari$b Ellen$f1956-$01602978 701 $aPower$b Marilyn$01632491 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819097303321 996 $aLiving wages, equal wages$93971668 997 $aUNINA