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... , 107 Antidiscrimination measures, 108- 110 (see also Affirmative action) Antitrustlaws, 110-112 1/1 AT&T, job evaluation committee, 17 Australia, comparable worth policy, 14, 83, 105-107 Availability bias, 10, 12,53, 55-57,65,67 B Baby boom cohort, 140, 142, 143, 149 Behavior of workers, 7 (see also Job preferences)
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... College majors, sex differences, 99-100 INDEX Communications Workers of America, 17 Comparable worth alternatives to, 108-113 Australian policy, 14, 83, 105-107 background, 3-6 comparability of jobs,9-12, 53, 83-84, 87 compliance, 88-89 coverage, 88 definition, 3, 86-89 economics of,71-115 implementation, 12-18, 82-83, 88, 160 research issues, 6-31 see also specific topics Compensable factors, 10-12, 39-44,58, 64-66 Construction industry, 149 Corporate employers, 118-119 affirmative action programs, 119-120 creation and dissolution of jobs, 120-122 promotion opportunities 129-132 sex composition ofjobs, 124-129 wage stability, 122-124 Craft work, 22, 151 (table) , 154 (table)
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... Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,3,5 Equal Pay Act of 1963,28, 112n, 137 173 Equal pay policies, 14, 79-81, 102-107,109 Equity theory, 43 Expectancy bias, 12,53, 60-64, 67 F Family responsibilities, effect on labor force, 24, 99, 157, 161 (see also Marital status)
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... Job ladders (see Career paths) Job preferences, 21-24, 29, 81 -82, 93, 94,99, 100, 101-102 Job pricing (see Wage determination)
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... Committee on Occupational Classification and Analysis, 5, 8, 26, 134 comparable worth report, 99 Nonmanagement-level jobs, 124-127 (tables) Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 3 Nursing, 22, 107, 108 cartelization, 110- 111 disemployment, 6 litigation, 12-13, 100, 108 pay scares, 20 supply-and-demand effects, 110-111 o Occupational choice (see Job preferences)
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... Pay structures (see Wage determination) Personnel records, 118-119 Political aspects, 8, 16- 17 Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQj, 54-55 Pricing of jobs (see Wage determination)
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... V Value of jobs (see Job status; Jobs, worth) Vividness bias, 58-59 W Wage dete~mination,7, 10, 18-30, 37-38,46-47,72-76, 89-101 in an individual firm, 76-79 Wage discrimination, 5, 6-7, 18-30, 84-85, 159 Wage gap, 3-4, 16, 137, 157-161 Wage fixing, 88, 110- 113 Wage structures (see Wage determination)
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... role models, 156 senior women, affirmative action effects, 119, 120 unemployment rate, 106, 148 wages, 119-120, 124-129, 157-158 by job level, 126 (table) working mothers, 140, 144, 145, 157 year-round work experience, 146 (table)
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Key Terms

  • comparable worth
  • job preferences
  • wage determination
  • career paths
  • force participation

  • force composition
  • sex segregation
  • job status
  • job segregation
  • college majors

  • sex composition
  • affirmative action
  • job evaluation
  • marital status
  • civil rights

  • rights act
  • labor supply
  • educational attainment
  • employer discrimination
  • wage discrimination

  • status effects
  • clerical work
  • equal employment
  • antidiscrimination measures
  • sex effects

  • sex bias
  • race effects
  • cultural beliefs
  • sales work
  • promotion opportunities


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