Pay equity : empirical inquiries /

Bibliografske podrobnosti
Korporativna značnica: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Women's Employment and Related Social Issues. Panel on Pay Equity Research
Drugi avtorji: Michael, Robert T., Hartmann, Heidi I., O'Farrell, Brigid
Format: Licensed eBooks
Jezik:angleščina
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.
Online dostop:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=14483
Kazalo:
  • 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.