A study investigated the portion of the salary gap between male and female pharmacy faculty that might be due to discrimination, using methods addressing several issues raised in recent federal court litigation on salary discrimination. Results are reported, and the relevance of historical data (1981-82) is considered. (MSE)

Examines the determining factors for earnings for 457 graduates of two small liberal arts institutions. Finds that human capital variables are significant determinants of compensation while gender, networking, motivation, corporate size, and organizational differences are also significant variables. Reports that the most important determinant of…

The 1970 census confirms that skill, sex, and age are likely to determine the worker's position on the pay ladder. (Author)

Reports results of an approach using a multiple regression model to determine factors leading to larger male earnings and identifying potential discrimination with these factors, which included differences in the return to investment in human capital, rate of employment, type of employer, and return to experience. (TA)

A socioeconomic life cycle model consisting of six temporally-ordered stages is used to compare the impact of family background, educational achievement, early occupational achievement, and current family and work role variables on the 1966 earning achievement of a nationally representative sample of black and white married women, ages 30 to 44. A…

A supply mechanism is described whereby nondiscriminating employers are expected to pay lower wages to females than to equally qualified males. Procedures are proposed to estimate the portion of the unexplained male-female wage differential that arises because of family locational considerations. Single copies available from the Secretary, C.…

Estimates of discrimination represent poor guides to decision making when discrimination is defined too broadly, when earnings differentials are not properly adjusted for changes in relative productivity, and when the present-value method used is not well-suited to the problem. Available from The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 50…

This report discusses ways to determine why female Federal employees earn less than male Federal employees. Two general approaches are discussed: economic analysis and job content. Economic analysis attempts to measure and explain existing wage differentials between men and women using characteristics of individuals, occupations, and the…

The study uses a multiple-equation model of earnings determination to assess and measure the impact of labor market discrimination according to race and sex. Focusing on full-time, nonresident workers 18-25 years of age in 1968-69, the observed intercolor and intersex wage differentials are decomposed according to their sources. While less than…

This document presents the conclusions and recommendations of a study conducted to explain the inequalities faced by low-income women in job training, employment, and earnings. The study explored the dimensions of the problems such women face, possible solutions, and the extent to which a group of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) and HEW-related…

The question of whether sex discrimination exists among part-time faculty at two-year institutions is explored. There is evidence of differences in wages and salaries as well as in employment conditions between the two sexes. Findings of an American Association of University Professors survey are discussed. (MLW)

A recent study drawing on data from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that the wage gap between men and women has virtually disappeared, and that the so-called "glass ceiling" results more from age and qualifications than from explicit discrimination. (SLD)

This research report presents data that show that substantial progress was made toward economic equality on the basis of gender in New York (New York) during the 1980s. Using the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Census of Population for New York, the study demonstrates that, in the 1980s: (1) the labor force participation of women grew sharply while that of men…

Statistical information pertaining to one of the most important changes in the American economy in this century--the increase in the number of women who work outside the home--is presented as an introduction to the broader range of topics which will be considered by the Advisory Committee on the Economic Role of Women. Job-related aspects of…

Although men and women work in jobs requiring approximately equal levels of education and in occupations with approximately equal prestige, working women earn only about 60% as much on the average as do working men. This disparity in income has important social consequences and is widely perceived as inequitable. One form of this type of…