Women, Work, and Wages Equal Pay for Jobs of Equal Value

In order to determine whether methods of job analysis and classification currently used are biased by traditional sex stereotypes or other factors, a committee assessed formal systems of job evaluation and other methods currently employed in the private and public sectors for establishing the compar...

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Main Authors Treiman, Donald J., Ed, Hartman, Heidi I., Ed
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, D.C National Academies Press 1981
National Academy Press
Edition1
Subjects
Change Strategies
Comparable Worth
Educational Attainment
Employed Women
Employment Practices
Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Methods
Institutional Characteristics
Institutional Role
Job Evaluation
Labor Force
Literature Reviews
Pay equity
Personnel Evaluation
Personnel Policy
Private Sector
Public Sector
Salaries
Salary Wage Differentials
Sex Bias
Sex Differences
Sex Discrimination
Sex discrimination against women
Sex discrimination in employment
Trend Analysis
United States
Wages
Women
Work Experience
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Summary:In order to determine whether methods of job analysis and classification currently used are biased by traditional sex stereotypes or other factors, a committee assessed formal systems of job evaluation and other methods currently employed in the private and public sectors for establishing the comparability of jobs and their levels of compensation. A review of sociological and economic literature shows that some differences in the characteristics of workers and in jobs do form a legitimate basis for wage differentials. Nevertheless, there exists a pervasiveness of occupational and job segregation by sex. Given the current operation of the labor market and the existence of a variety of factors that permit the persistence of earning differentials between men and women (e.g., labor market segmentation, job segregation, and employment practices), it would seem that intentional and unintentional discriminatory elements enter into the determination of wages and are not likely to disappear. Use of a job evaluation system is one possible remedy to this situation. While the subjectivity of job evaluation makes job evaluations less than perfect vehicles for resolving pay disputes, they can serve to identify potential wage discrimination. (MN)
ISBN:9780309031776
030903177X