The Gender Wage Gap and Pay Equity: Is Comparable Worth the Next Step?

Levine, Linda

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Labor;    Women';    s employment;    Pay equity;    Women;   

RP-ID  :  98-278
RP-ID  :  98-278_2004Dec20

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report examines the trend in the male-female wage gap and the explanations offered for its existence. Remedies proposed for the gender wage gap's amelioration are addressed, with an in-depth focus on the comparable worth approach to achieving "pay equity" or "fair pay" between women and men.