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Aldrich, Mark Buchele, Robert |
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Economics of Comparable Worth Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1986 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Ballinger Pub. Co. Keyword(s): Comparable Worth; Discrimination, Sex; Earnings; Gender Differences; Occupational Segregation; Wage Gap Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The 1980 NLS Young Men's and Women's surveys provide the principle data base for research presented in this book on the role of occupational segregation in the male-female earnings gap and the impact of alternative comparable worth wage adjustments on men's and women's earnings. |
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Aldrich, Mark and Robert Buchele. Economics of Comparable Worth. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1986. |
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Buchele, Robert Aldrich, Mark |
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How Much Difference Would Comparable Worth Make? Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 24,2 (March 1985): 222-233. Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-232X.1985.tb00991.x/abstract Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley Keyword(s): Comparable Worth; Earnings; Gender Differences; Human Capital Theory; Job Requirements Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from both the NLS of Young Men and Young Women as well as the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, the authors propose a model of employment and earnings determination which specifies that workers' earnings are determined primarily by the requirements or characteristics of their job. The authors conclude that women are differentially rewarded for their job requirements and tenure irrespective of the sex composition of their job and that more than crowding or excess supply of women in women's jobs must be involved. The findings suggest that comparable worth, narrowly defined as equal returns to this study's measures of job requirements (e.g., GED, SVP), would reduce the earnings gap by about 63 percent. Requiring equal returns to job tenure would reduce the gap by another 35 percent. In conclusion, the paper discusses some qualifications to the study's findings as well as the implications for occupational segregation as a causal factor in the male-female earnings gap and the impact of comparable worth on the laws of supply and demand. |
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Buchele, Robert and Mark Aldrich. "How Much Difference Would Comparable Worth Make?" Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 24,2 (March 1985): 222-233.
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Buchele, Robert Aldrich, Mark |
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Where to Look for Comparable Worth In: Comparable Worth: Analyses and Evidence. MA Hill and MR Killingsworth, eds. Ithaca, NY: Industrial Relations Press, Cornell University, 1989 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Cornell University Press Keyword(s): Comparable Worth; Modeling; Wage Differentials; Wage Equations; Wage Models; Work Experience This chapter provides a detailed analysis of efficiency wage models--an important class of labor market models of relatively recent vintage--and discusses their implications for the comparable worth debate. The authors argue that, in such models, the existence of sizable industry wage differentials unrelated to job attributes such as education or work experience may provide a justification for a comparable worth standard and that, to the extent that it enhances worker efficiency, adoption of comparable worth may have smaller effects on employment than have usually been contemplated. The authors add that the greatest impact of comparable worth might be in high-wage industries, where relatively few women are employed. If so, comparable worth might increase wage inequality among women even as it reduces wage disparities between men and women. |
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Buchele, Robert and Mark Aldrich. "Where to Look for Comparable Worth" In: Comparable Worth: Analyses and Evidence. MA Hill and MR Killingsworth, eds. Ithaca, NY: Industrial Relations Press, Cornell University, 1989
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