This study assessed the impact of the CETA program on the sexual wage differential of participants. The sources of sex-related wage differentials among CETA Title I (now Title IIB) participants before and after program participation are analyzed in order to examine the impact of training on the earnings gap. (CT)

Because progress has been slow toward equality between men and women in the labor market, some have called for a comparable worth policy. A theoretical justification for this position is the crowding hypothesis. This paper explains the theory and presents a method to test its principal hypothesis. Author/JOW)

Recent reports using cross-sectional data indicate an increase in the percentage of wives who outearn their husbands, yet we know little about the persistence of wives' income advantage. The present analyses utilize the 1990-1994 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (N = 3,481) to examine wives' long-term earnings advantage.…

Attempts to quantify what proportion of the salary difference between men and women in chemistry might be attributed to differencies in degree level, years of work experience, employer category, and work function. (MLH)

This report presents 1981 annual average data on the number of men and women working full time in each occupation and on their usual weekly earnings. Results indicate that occupations in which women workers dominate tend to rank lower in terms of earnings; men dominate higher paid occupations. (Author/CT)

Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of Census data found that salary discrimination against Black scientists and female scientists worsened between the 1970s and the 1980s. Female scientists earned about 12 percent less than males in 1972, but 14 percent less in 1982. Black scientists earned about the same as Whites in 1972, but 6 percent…

Analysis of data from the Current Population Survey identified primary and secondary labor market sectors, based on whether specific skills or prior training were conditions of employment. Results showed significant unexplained earnings differentials across sectors for four groups: Black men, White men, Black women, and White women. (Author/SK)

Due to lower rates of employment and other labor market difficulties, working-age persons with disabilities tend to have lower incomes and are more likely to live in poverty than persons without disabilities. Those with severe disabilities are more likely to be female, African American, older, and less educated than those without disabilities.…

Data from the 1989 Canadian Labour Market Activity Survey and 1989-90 Australian Income Distribution Survey suggest that a lower rate of return to education and labor market experience and a lower level of wage inequality in Australia are responsible for the smaller gender wage gap in Australia than in Canada. (SK)

Independent cross-sections developed using National Longitudinal Survey data reveal a decrease in the gender wage gap from 1989-1994 due to fewer differences in tenure and full-time employment. Disaggregating education by two- and four-year providers and college major accounts for 8.5-11% of the narrower wage gap for the period. (SK)

This document examines 8-year trends in the labor force status and other characteristics (including age and years of school completed) of persons with a work force disability, using March supplements to the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey (CPS). (Disabled persons are considered to be individuals 16 to 64 years old with a disability…

The median salary for women reporters is 52 percent of that for men. (RB)

Women are the primary producers of food in developing countries and can be empowered to become catalysts in the struggle to combat world hunger. It is important to understand the problem and the barriers women face and to appreciate the progress made by women in developing countries. (JOW)

Presents data from the 1979 American Home Economics Association survey on 11,229 home economists employed full time (68 percent of all respondents). Illustrates how education, sex, minority status, academic major, and type of employer affect home economists' incomes. (SK)

Updates a 1976 article explaining the stability of hours of work per week in the U.S. since World War II. It introduces a revised series of the ratio of female to male wages over time. In a reply to this article, Kniesner presents estimates which support his 1976 conclusions. (CT)