The Wage Gap [microform] : Briefing Paper #1
- Bib ID:
- 5513484
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- National Committee on Pay Equity, Washington, DC
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED316637
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1990
- 8 p.
- Summary:
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Women have made slow, steady progress in the labor market since 1979, but the wage gap has not narrowed significantly. This briefing paper updates a September 1987 paper based on "Male-Female Differences in Work Experience, Occupations, and Earnings: 1984" (Current Population Reports, Household Economic Studies, Series P-70, No. 10, issued in August 1987). Current earnings data were drawn from "Money Income of Households, Families, and Persons in the United states: 1987" (Current Population Reports, Consumer Income, Series P-60, No. 162, issued February 1989) and unpublished Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The "wage gap" is defined as the annual female-male earnings ratio for full-time workers. The following highlights are briefly discussed: (1) there is confusion surrounding the actual wage gap because of changes in the way data are gathered; (2) the wage gap was not sharply reduced; (3) some reduction in the gap is due to a decrease in men's real earnings; (4) women's work interruptions for family reasons have little effect on the wage gap; (5) job segregation critically affects the wage gap; (6) Blacks and Hispanics of both sexes continue to earn less than Whites; and (7) women's participation and earnings are up in some but not all occupations. Statistical data are included on five tables. (FMW)
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- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- National Committee on Pay Equity, Washington, DC
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- Publication date:
- 1990
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