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The latter are widely considered unfair and are illegal under the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the view of comparable worth supporters, however, equal-pay legislation is inadequate or even irrelevant because women tend to work in different occupations than men.
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www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/ComparableWorth.html
www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/ComparableWorth.html
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What is Pay Equity/Comparable Worth? ... This bias against women's work can be demonstrated and subsequently eliminated by assessing the economic value of different jobs through the use of gender-neutral job evaluation systems.
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www.payequityresearch.com/worth.htm
www.payequityresearch.com/worth.htm
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Brief history and description of the concept of comparable worth: equal pay for work of equal value. From Jone Johnson Lewis. ... What is Pay Equity/Comparable Worth? - from an equal pay/equal work research group...
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womenshistory.about.com/od/laws/a/comparableworth.htm
womenshistory.about.com/od/laws/a/comparableworth.htm
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Michael Baker & Nicole M. Fortin, 2000. "Does Comparable Worth Work in a Decentralized Labor Market?," NBER Working Papers 7937, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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ideas.repec.org/p/tor/tecipa/baker-00-02.html
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Michael Baker & Nicole M. Fortin, 2000. "Does Comparable Worth Work in a Decentralized Labor Market?," Working Papers baker-00-02, University of Toronto, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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ideas.repec.org/p/cir/cirwor/2000s-49.html
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We investigate the effect of pro-active comparable worth legislation covering both the public and private sectors on wages, the gender wage gap and the gender composition of employment.
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papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=244035
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Related works:; Working Paper: Does Comparable Worth Work in a Decentralized Labor Market? (2000) ; Working Paper: Does Comparable Worth Work in a Decentralized Labor Market? (2000) ; This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.
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econpapers.repec.org/paper/nbrnberwo/7937.htm
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Michael Baker and Nicole M. Fortin, "Does Comparable Worth Work in a Decentralized Labor Market?", 2000-04-11 ; MainText (application/pdf) (1,002,363 bytes) ... Abstract: We investigate the effect of pro-active comparable worth legislation---covering both the public and private sectors---on wages, the gender wage gap and...
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www.economics.utoronto.ca/index.php/index/research/work...
www.economics.utoronto.ca/index.php/index/research/workingPaperDetails/98
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“Comparable worth” policies require employers to pay comparable wages to two people with comparable skills, education, and experience when they work at two different jobs. Naomi Barko asserts in the following viewpoint that such policies are effective in addressing the pay gap between men and women. ... Cite this Page...
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soc.enotes.com/work-article/42859
soc.enotes.com/work-article/42859
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