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Discusses an index number approach in measuring the earnings differential between men and women. Time paths of earnings differentials in individual occupations; Methodology for creating an aggregate index of wage differentials from occupational level data; Rate of wage gap between men and women...

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Research on Iowa low-wage retail and service industries supports the view that minimum wages lower employment opportunities for workers. The sample period includes three successive changes in the Iowa minimum wage in 1990, 1991, and 1992, during which time the Iowa rate exceeded the federal...

Job evaluation is used to establish pay for many workers in the United States and has been used to measure the extent of pay discrimination. However, job evaluations are subject to measurement error that can bias these estimates. Using computed reliability ratios to adjust for measurement error...

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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, we examine how the earnings of women, union members, and supervisory and professional staff were affected by various...

Reprinted in Mario F. Bognanno and Morris M. Kleiner, Labor Market Institutions and the Future Role of Unions (Cambridge, MA: Blackwell, 1992). Abstract Currently Unavailable.

The proportion of women in state government Jobs and applicant pools is well explained by a model emphasizing supply-side factors. Relative to men, women's supply is least sensitive to wages in predominantly male jobs and most sensitive to wages in predominantly female jobs. These results...