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- Title
Labour Market Consequences of a Comparable Worth Policy.
- Authors
Will, Lou
- Abstract
The setting of female rates of pay below male rates is a feature of the history of wage determination in Australia. The gap between in pay continues to grow despite the 1969 "equal pay for equal work" and 1972 "equal pay for work of equal value" decisions. A comparable worth policy would address pay differences arising from lower remuneration for female-dominated jobs. A typical policy of this type involves analysis of the characteristics of jobs in the dimensions of skill, effort, responsibility and working conditions, and the adjustment of pay rates so that jobs deemed comparable in these dimensions receive the same remuneration. The likely labour market consequences of a policy of this type are analysed in this article.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; LABOR market; PAY equity; EQUAL pay for equal work laws; WOMEN'S employment; LABOR policy
- Publication
Australian Economic Review, 1999, Vol 32, Issue 3, p292
- ISSN
0004-9018
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1467-8462.00118