Documents the salary and promotional inequities between women and men in working class, academic, governmental, and professional (law, medicine, and scientific research) jobs. Calls for more affirmative action programs and argues that professional women will be able to fight for equal rights for all classes of working women. (GC)

Analysis by decade of the effects of the Equal Pay Act of 1963 shows that women's earnings relative to men's increased by 10 cents from 1960-1990. Black and Hispanic women's earnings lagged further behind. More education and experience did not help women narrow the gap. (SK)

Despite rapid structural change in Taiwan, the gender earnings ratio between 1978-82 remained at 65%. Women's relative gains in education and experience were apparently offset by an increase in wage discrimination. (SK)

Explores the problem of a male/female salary differential for professors, discusses relevant factors explaining this disparity, and applies a model for detecting compensation bias to a sample of educational administration professors' salaries. Results indicate that a significant proportion of the salary variance is explained by gender. Includes 31…

Data from adults in Atlanta, Boston, and Los Angeles (n=1,942) who searched for work using formal (ads, agencies) or informal (networks) methods indicated that type of method used did not contribute to the gender gap in earnings. Results do not support formal job search as a way to reduce gender inequality. (Contains 55 references.) (SK)

Updates and reexamines Kehrer's 1973 survey of women and men physicians and factors affecting their income differential. It also compares economic indicators of demand for office-based services for men and women physicians to determine whether there is evidence of discrimination by potential patients against women physicians. (CT)

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)

Examines the legal battleground upon which one struggle for the equality of women is being fought. Updates a civil rights decision of crucial importance to nursing--Lemons v City and County of Denver. (JOW)

Summarizes an article by Blumrosen (in the spring, 1979, issue of the University of Michigan "Journal of Law Reform") in which Blumrosen said that job segregation is equivalent to wage discrimination and must be remedied as our understanding of discrimination increases. (Author/IRT)

Estimates of gender earnings inequality in data from 116,431 Jewish workers were compared using a hierarchical linear model (HLM) and ordinary least squares model. The HLM allows estimation of the extent to which earnings inequality depends on occupational characteristics. (SK)

Wage discrimination by gender in reemployment was examined by decomposing the wage gap upon reemployment. Results suggest that employers are using discriminatory hiring practices that are less likely to be detected and harder to prove in court. (SK)

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…

A survey of 222 self-described managers found that women were concentrated low in chains of command, they tended to supervise other women, and their decision-making role was primarily providing input into men's decisions. Decision making raised men's salaries but not women's. (SK)

Analysis of a sample of 306 workers shows that neither the gender nor racial composition of the workplace is associated with productivity. An alternative explanation for lower wages of women and minorities is social closure--the monopolizing of desirable positions by advantaged workers. (SK)

A study assessed gender discrimination in public sector salaries from more than 1,000 school districts in Texas over a 4-year period. Results show that differences in superintendents' salaries are subtle rather than systematic. Female superintendents who replace male superintendents receive lower compensation. Local district wealth is also a…