Comparable Worth

Social Institutions and Social Change

By: Paula England

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Paperback | 31 December 1992

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This volume provides a detailed description of the situation of women in employment today, and considers how sociological and economic theories of labor markets illuminate the gap in pay between the sexes.

"…must reading for anyone interested in economic policy, equal opportunity, and women's studies. No one else has interwoven the various strands of legal thought, economic and sociological theory, and feminist theory as applied to the concept of comparable into a single volume; the depth and breadth are remarkable." --Mary Corcoran, Institute for Public Policy, University of Michigan

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-The title of this book understates its scope and value. Although attuned to the controversial policy question of whether substantively different jobs can be determined to be of comparable worth to an employer and thus equally paid, the theoretical overview and empirical data that England presents are of more general relevance and interest... England is exceptionally clear and even-handed in laying out all the positions in the debate. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty; professional.-

--M. M. Ferree, Choice "The title of this book understates its scope and value. Although attuned to the controversial policy question of whether substantively different jobs can be determined to be of comparable worth to an employer and thus equally paid, the theoretical overview and empirical data that England presents are of more general relevance and interest... England is exceptionally clear and even-handed in laying out all the positions in the debate. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty; professional."

--M. M. Ferree, Choice "The title of this book understates its scope and value. Although attuned to the controversial policy question of whether substantively different jobs can be determined to be of comparable worth to an employer and thus equally paid, the theoretical overview and empirical data that England presents are of more general relevance and interest... England is exceptionally clear and even-handed in laying out all the positions in the debate. Advanced undergraduate; graduate; faculty; professional."

--M. M. Ferree, Choice

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Gender Studies Gender Studies: Women and Girls Business & Management Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Social Work Economics Labour Economics Sociology & Anthropology

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Preface
Segregation and the Pay Gap
Introduction	p. 1
Increasing Employment among Women	p. 4
The Sex Segregation of Jobs	p. 12
The Sex Gap in Pay	p. 23
Conclusion	p. 42
Notes	p. 44
Theories of Labor Markets
Introduction	p. 45
The Orthodox Neoclassical View	p. 46
The New Neoclassical Institutionalism	p. 76
Framing Models	p. 89
Marxist Views	p. 91
Other Sociological and Institutional Views	p. 98
Adjudicating between Theories	p. 112
Conclusion: An Interdisciplinary View	p. 119
Notes	p. 122
Pay in Female and Male Occupations: Findings from National Data
Introduction	p. 125
Data and Variables	p. 128
Statistical Models	p. 148
Empirical Findings	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 181
Notes	p. 184
Job Evaluation
Introduction	p. 189
Methods of Job Evaluation	p. 190
Reliability	p. 196
Validity	p. 197
Using Job Evaluation to Identify and Correct Sex Bias in Pay	p. 205
Job Evaluation and Market Wages	p. 217
The Politics of Using Job Evaluation for Pay Equity	p. 220
Conclusion	p. 223
Notes	p. 223
Pay Equity and the Federal Courts
Introduction	p. 225
The Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act	p. 227
Opening the Door to Comparable Worth: The Gunther Decision	p. 232
Comparable Worth Cases Using the Disparate Treatment Model	p. 234
Comparable Worth Cases Using the Disparate Impact Model	p. 237
A Critique of Circuit Court Decisions	p. 241
Social and Political Factors Affecting Court Decisions	p. 247
Conclusion	p. 249
Notes	p. 250
Feminism and Other Philosophical Positions
Introduction	p. 253
Patriarchal Views	p. 254
Liberalism and Liberal Feminism	p. 257
Marxism and Socialist Feminism	p. 264
Radical and Cultural Feminism	p. 268
Conclusion	p. 273
Notes	p. 276
Policy Debates
Introduction	p. 277
The Sex Gap in Pay and Discrimination	p. 279
Is Segregation and Hiring Discrimination the Real Problem?	p. 283
Do Women Need and Deserve Comparable Worth as Simple Justice?	p. 285
The Market Wage Argument	p. 287
The Feasibility and Relevance of Job Evaluation	p. 291
Legal Issues	p. 293
Could Comparable Worth Achieve Its Goals?	p. 295
Possible Adverse Effects on the Economy, Polity, and Society	p. 299
Is Comparable Worth an Insufficiently Radical Reform?	p. 301
Conclusion	p. 304
Notes	p. 307
References	p. 309
Index	p. 341
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