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The Implementation Process of Comparable Worth: Winners and Losers

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Orazem, Peter F
Mattila, J Peter

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This paper provides a unique opportunity to observe how a public policy affected the earnings of various interest groups at different stages of implementation. Specifically, the authors examine how the earnings of women, union members, and supervisory and professional staff were affected by various proposed and implemented comparable-worth pay plans in Iowa. They find that large relative gains to women in the original proposed plans were reduced as the process evolved. As a result, some of the original gains to women were redistributed to union members, supervisors, and professionals. Copyright 1990 by University of Chicago Press.

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Volume (Year): 98 (1990)
Issue (Month): 1 (February)
Pages: 134-52
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  1. Michael Baker & Nicole Fortin, 2000. "Comparable Worth Comes to the Private Sector: The Case of Ontario," Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers 0266, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
  2. Jane Lapidus, Deborah M. Figart, 1998. "Remedying 'Unfair Acts': U.S. Pay Equity by Race and Gender," Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 4(3), pages 7-28, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Mark R. Killingsworth, 2002. "Comparable Worth and Pay Equity: Recent Developments in the United States," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 28(s1), pages 171-186, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Morley Gunderson, 2002. "The Evolution and Mechanics of Pay Equity in Ontario," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 28(s1), pages 117-131, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Michael Baker & Nicole M. Fortin, 2000. "Does Comparable Worth Work in a Decentralized Labor Market?," CIRANO Working Papers 2000s-49, CIRANO. [Downloadable!]
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