Unequal pay for women and men : evidence from the British birth cohort studies / Heather Joshi and Pierella Paci, with Gerald Makepeace and Jane Waldfogel.

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Joshi, Heather [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1998.
Description
xvii, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    The book is the result of an extensive study of the relative wages of British men and women between 1978 and 1991. Using two large and extremely detailed longitudinal data sets, one of women and men born in 1946, and the other of women and men born in 1958, the authors examine the evolution of the pay gap over time and evaluate the success of policies designed to establish equal pay.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-175) and index.
    Contents
    • What do we know about unequal pay? / with Jane Waldfogel
    • Unpacking unequal pay: method and previous results
    • Unpacking unequal pay: data sources
    • Is unequal treatment a thing of the past? / Gerald Makepeace
    • Do job characteristics explain unequal pay?
    • Do family responsibilities explain women's low pay? / with Jane Waldfogel
    • Under way but unfinished.
    ISBN
    • 0262100681 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780262100687 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
    • 0262600390
    • 9780262600392
    LCCN
    98023559
    OCLC
    39051202
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