Comparable Worth -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- I REPORT OF A SEMINAR -- An Agenda for Basic Research on Comparable Worth -- INTRODUCTION -- Background -- Research Issues -- RESEARCH ON COMPARABLE WORTH AND OTHER WAGE ADJUSTMENT STRATEGIES -- Social Judgments, Social Judgment Biases, and Job Evaluation Procedures -- Job Descriptions -- Compensable Factors and Weighting -- Evaluation of Jobs with Respect to Compensable Factors -- The Economic Consequences of Implementing Comparable Worth -- The Process of Implementing Comparable Worth -- RESEARCH ON WAGE DETERMINANTS AND WAGE DISCRIMINATION -- Pay-Setting Practices and Pay Differentials Within Organizations -- Job Access -- Pay-Setting Practices -- Occupational Choice, Careers, and Work Histories -- Occupational Choice and Labor Supply -- Occupational Careers and Work Histories -- Culture: Beliefs About Gender and Jobs -- Existence of Belief Systems -- Analysis of Task and Wage Assignment -- Belief Systems and Job Evaluation -- CONCLUSION -- References -- II PAPERS -- Job Evaluation Research and Research Needs -- PERSPECTIVES -- AVAILABLE RESEARCH -- RESEARCH AGENDA -- Issues Stimulated by Comparable Worth -- The Criterion -- Evaluation Bias -- Contextual Issues -- Evaluation Processes -- Pricing Jobs -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- References -- Social Judgment Biases in Comparable Worth Analysis -- CHOOSING AN INSTRUMENT FOR JOB DESCRIPTION -- POTENTIAL BIASES IN JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND EVALUATIONS -- The Availability Bias -- The Halo Bias -- The Expectancy Bias -- DEFINING THE COMPENSABLE FACTORS -- CONCLUSIONS -- References -- The Economic Case for Comparable Worth -- A VERY SIMPLIFIED, TWO-OCCUPATION CASE -- The Case of No Sex Discrimination -- The Case of Sex Segregation of Occupations -- WAGE STRUCTURES IN INDIVIDUAL ESTABLISHMENTS.

Wages in a Nondiscriminating Firm -- Wages in a Discriminating Firm -- WAGE REALIGNMENT IN THE SIMPLE CASE -- ABILITIES, TASTES, AND SUBSTITUTABILITY -- MORE COMPLICATED CASES -- WAGE REALIGNMENT AND JOB EVALUATION -- CONCLUSION -- References -- The Economics of Comparable Worth: Analytical, Epirical, and Policy Questions -- WHAT IS COMPARABLE WORTH? -- Comparability -- Coverage -- Compliance -- EMPLOYER DISCRIMINATION: ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL QUESTIONS -- THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF COMPARABLE WORTH: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS -- Should Comparable Worth Necessarily Mean Equal Pay? -- What if Labor Supply is Sex-Related? -- ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF COMPARABLE WORTH AND OTHER REMEDIES FOR DISCRIMINATION -- Economic Consequences of Comparable Worth -- Alternatives to Comparable Worth -- Conventional Antidiscrimination Measures -- Antitrust Laws and the Problem of Employer Cartels -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- References -- Jobs, Job Status, and Women's Gains From Affirmative Action: Implications for Comparable Worth -- SETTING AND DATA -- EFFECTS OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON INDIVIDUALS -- THE CREATION AND DISSOLUTION OF JOBS -- DO JOBS OFFER STABLE COMPENSATION? -- THE SEX COMPOSITION OF JOBS AND WOMEN'S EARNINGS -- PROMOTION CHANCES ASSOCIATED WITH JOBS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- References -- Prospects for Pay Equity in a Changing Economy -- INTRODUCTION -- A NOTE ON THE PROJECTIONS USED IN THE PAPER -- THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHY OF THE LABOR FORCE -- TRENDS IN LABOR FORCE ACTIVITY AMONG EMPLOYED WORKERS -- Hours and Weeks Worked -- Other Indicators of Labor Force Attachment -- EVOLUTION IN THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE -- Industry Outlook -- Occupational Outlook -- Recent Trends -- Projections -- WOMEN'S STATUS IN THE LABOR MARKET -- Trends in Job Segregation -- The Wage Gap -- IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH -- References -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF AUTHORS -- INDEX.