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The Comparable Worth Controversy
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2010
Summary
The well-documented gap between men's and women's earnings has aroused intense debate over the concept of comparable worth, that is, equal pay for work judged to be of equal value. Government, business, labor unions, and the courts have been forced to consider whether workers in dissimilar jobs of comparable worthmeasured by such criteria as working conditions, degree of difficulty, and knowledge and responsibility requiredshould receive equal wages, and how wage adjustments can be implemented.The issue has provoked inflated rhetoric, litigation, and considerable confusion.
In this concise study, Henry J. Aaron and Cameran M. Lougy review the conditions that have sparked the debate and unravel the implications of comparable worth for employers in public and private sectors, for labor union agendas and employer-employee negotiations, and for the administrative and and judicial burdens of the nation's courts. The authors conclude with general guidelines for implementing wage adjustments in ways that would not seriously disrupt society or have a major impact on overall economic efficiency.
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Copyright year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-0041-8
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-0705-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
57
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Foreword No access
Table of Contents No access
The Comparable Worth Controversy No access Pages 1 - 7
Male and Female Earnings: The Facts and What They Mean No access Pages 8 - 15
How Wages Are Set No access Pages 16 - 23
Job Evaluation No access Pages 24 - 35
What Comparable Worth Entails No access Pages 36 - 40
