Profiles personal characteristics and employment of 1,131 long-term Kentucky residents (71%), early migrants (12%), and late migrants (17%) in 1979. Indicates early migrants, with 5-10 years residence, earned more, despite similar characteristics, than long-term residents and recent migrants. Identifies factors influencing wages for each group in…

Female professional athletes are earning more than ever before and projections suggest opportunities will continue to increase. Salary differentials between male and female tennis and golf professionals are made. Product endorsement income is discussed. Steps coaches, parents, counselors, and colleges should take in guiding females toward…

The concept of comparable worth bases its legal claims in the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and a 1981 decision of the United States Supreme Court. Still, assertions that comparable worth should be invoked to correct wage discrimination have usually been rejected in federal courts. (PGD)

Explains the "work of equal value" concept and describes the steps that must be taken to establish a case of discrimination in organizations that come under Federal jurisdiction. (SK)

Provides estimates of the impact of Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) programs on participants' postprogram earnings using matched comparison groups developed from a "nearest-neighbor" matching technique. Results indicate that CETA has a negative and statistically significant earnings impact for adult men, and a modest,…

Discusses reasons for the differences in earnings between men and women: (1) differences in the labor market characteristics between men and women, (2) differences in the distribution of men and women among different jobs, and (3) discrimination in the labor market. (JOW)

Discusses the need for a merit pay plan that is objective in its standards as well as valid and reliable. (Author/GB)

The author suggests a program whereby furthur salary increases would be tied to a teacher's ability to create and implement meaningful educational objectives. (AN)

Real income is used in developing and empirically testing this cost and returns approach to migration theory. (BH)

Given the distribution of staff on the salary schedule and the index of salaries to be paid, these tables provide a method that allows officials to determine what it will cost to raise the starting salary by any given amount, what the average increase will be, and what the average salary will be for total staff and subdivisions. (DE)

Mothers receiving money for child support were found to be in the labor force more often than those not awarded such support. Women who received alimony were also more likely to work than those who did not receive such payments. (CT)

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)

Discusses salaries of chemical professionals, resulting from two annual salary surveys conducted by the American Chemical Society Office of Manpower Studies. Factors affecting salaries are also discussed. (CS)