Comparable worth—equal pay for jobs of equal value—has been called the civil rights issue of the 1980s. This volume consists of a committee report that sets forth an agenda of much-needed research on this issue, supported by six papers contributed by eminent social scientists. The research agenda presented is structured around two general themes: (1) occupational wage differentials and discrimination and (2) wage adjustment strategies and their impact. The papers deal with a wide range of topics, including job evaluation, social judgment biases in comparable worth analysis, the economics of comparable worth, and prospects for pay equity.
- Comparable Worth
- Copyright
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Contents
- I REPORT OF A SEMINAR
- An Agenda for Basic Research on Comparable Worth
- INTRODUCTION
- Background
- Research Issues
- RESEARCH ON COMPARABLE WORTH AND OTHER WAGE ADJUSTMENT STRATEGIES
- Social Judgments, Social Judgment Biases, and Job Evaluation Procedures
- Job Descriptions
- Compensable Factors and Weighting
- Evaluation of Jobs with Respect to Compensable Factors
- The Economic Consequences of Implementing Comparable Worth
- The Process of Implementing Comparable Worth
- RESEARCH ON WAGE DETERMINANTS AND WAGE DISCRIMINATION
- Pay-Setting Practices and Pay Differentials Within Organizations
- Job Access
- Pay-Setting Practices
- Occupational Choice, Careers, and Work Histories
- Occupational Choice and Labor Supply
- Occupational Careers and Work Histories
- Culture: Beliefs About Gender and Jobs
- Existence of Belief Systems
- Analysis of Task and Wage Assignment
- Belief Systems and Job Evaluation
- CONCLUSION
- References
- II PAPERS
- Job Evaluation Research and Research Needs
- PERSPECTIVES
- AVAILABLE RESEARCH
- RESEARCH AGENDA
- Issues Stimulated by Comparable Worth
- The Criterion
- Evaluation Bias
- Contextual Issues
- Evaluation Processes
- Pricing Jobs
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- References
- Social Judgment Biases in Comparable Worth Analysis
- CHOOSING AN INSTRUMENT FOR JOB DESCRIPTION
- POTENTIAL BIASES IN JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND EVALUATIONS
- The Availability Bias
- The Halo Bias
- The Expectancy Bias
- DEFINING THE COMPENSABLE FACTORS
- CONCLUSIONS
- References
- The Economic Case for Comparable Worth
- A VERY SIMPLIFIED, TWO-OCCUPATION CASE
- The Case of No Sex Discrimination
- The Case of Sex Segregation of Occupations
- WAGE STRUCTURES IN INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS
- Wages in a Nondiscriminating Firm
- Wages in a Discriminating Firm
- WAGE REALIGNMENT IN THE SIMPLE CASE
- ABILITIES, TASTES, AND SUBSTITUTABILITY
- MORE COMPLICATED CASES
- WAGE REALIGNMENT AND JOB EVALUATION
- CONCLUSION
- References
- The Economics of Comparable Worth: Analytical, Epirical, and Policy Questions
- WHAT IS COMPARABLE WORTH?
- Comparability
- Coverage
- Compliance
- EMPLOYER DISCRIMINATION: ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL QUESTIONS
- THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF COMPARABLE WORTH: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
- Should Comparable Worth Necessarily Mean Equal Pay?
- What if Labor Supply is Sex-Related?
- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF COMPARABLE WORTH AND OTHER REMEDIES FOR DISCRIMINATION
- Economic Consequences of Comparable Worth
- Alternatives to Comparable Worth
- Conventional Antidiscrimination Measures
- Antitrust Laws and the Problem of Employer Cartels
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- References
- Jobs, Job Status, and Women's Gains From Affirmative Action: Implications for Comparable Worth
- SETTING AND DATA
- EFFECTS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON INDIVIDUALS
- THE CREATION AND DISSOLUTION OF JOBS
- DO JOBS OFFER STABLE COMPENSATION?
- THE SEX COMPOSITION OF JOBS AND WOMEN'S EARNINGS
- PROMOTION CHANCES ASSOCIATED WITH JOBS
- CONCLUSIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- References
- Prospects for Pay Equity in a Changing Economy
- INTRODUCTION
- A NOTE ON THE PROJECTIONS USED IN THE PAPER
- THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHY OF THE LABOR FORCE
- TRENDS IN LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY AMONG EMPLOYED WORKERS
- Hours and Weeks Worked
- Other Indicators of Labor Force Attachment
- EVOLUTION IN THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
- Industry Outlook
- Occupational Outlook
- WOMEN'S STATUS IN THE LABOR MARKET
- Trends in Job Segregation
- The Wage Gap
- IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
- References
- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF AUTHORS
- INDEX
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