Living wages, equal wages : gender and labor market policies in the United States / / Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power |
Autore | Figart Deborah M |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.210973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MutariEllen <1956->
PowerMarilyn |
Collana | Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics |
Soggetto topico |
Wages - United States
Wages - Government policy - United States Equal pay for equal work - United States |
ISBN |
1-134-48016-4
1-134-48017-2 1-280-11121-6 0-203-99413-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Book 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
Living wages, equal wages revisited: contemporary movements and policy initiativesApplying feminist political economy to wage setting; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819097303321 |
Figart Deborah M
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Stories of progressive institutional change : challenges to the neoliberal economy / / by Deborah M. Figart |
Autore | Figart Deborah M |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIII, 136 p. 1 illus.) |
Disciplina | 330 |
Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary economics
Political economy Institutional/Evolutionary Economics International Political Economy |
ISBN | 3-319-59779-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction to Institutions, Institutional Change, and the Stories -- 2. Accounting for Household Production: Toward an Improved Measure of Macroeconomic Well-Being -- 3. Funding Infrastructure and Local Economic Development: A Public Bank Option -- 4. Contesting the Gig Economy: #SchedulesThatWork -- 5. Delving into the Food Supply Chain: The Case of Fresh Tomatoes -- 6. Doing Business Responsibly: ROC United and Restaurant Workers -- 7. Swimming in Debt: Student Loans and the Fight to Save a Generation -- 8. Transforming Legal Rights and Social Values: Marriage Redefined -- 9. Greening the Economy: Certified Sustainable Coffee. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910255026203321 |
Figart Deborah M
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
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