The authors discuss the rate of job creation in the United States between 1973 and 1985. The controversy regarding the quality of the new jobs is emphasized. Four points of view on this controversy are reviewed. The authors also present recent research findings concerning average earnings and earnings inequality. (CH)

Examines the compensation levels necessary to induce white teachers to teach in black schools, using 1968 Massachusetts data. Teachers seem to demand higher wages to teach less wealthy, lower-achieving students, not necessarily nonwhites. Wealthy districts with more white students may demand and pay more for better teachers, reversing expected…

Provides information from the National Survey of Salaries and Wages in Public Schools on the salaries and fringe benefits of elementary and middle school principals and administrators. Includes seven tables and a series of charts. (MD)

Using National Center for Education Statistics and American Association of University Professors data, this paper studies faculty substitution trends at four types of colleges. Findings indicate that price-related substitution exists in all types regardless of mission. Boosting lower rank salaries would not appreciably alter employment at these…

Examines the construct of "market wage" and the process by which it is measured. Argues that both the construct and the measurement of the market wage have not been sufficiently examined by either academics or the courts. Implications for pay administration and future research are noted. (Author/BL)

Examines whether wage differentials based on race have disappeared from the labor market for young men. Found a significant Black-White difference, but an insignificant Hispanic-White difference. (JOW)

Describes a three-tier merit-pay system that rewards excellence, reinforces competence, and yet motivates professional growth among the lowest performers. Also discusses drawbacks. (PD)

A report on the annual study of salaries by the Department of Home Health Agencies and Community Health Services of the National League for Nursing, by position, type of agency, population of area served, and region. (MS)

Attempts to describe institutional salary behavior relative to the AAUP salary scales. The research has found that schools that reported in the AAUP surveys apparently are concerned with keeping the pace of salary grade changes set by the AAUP and thus maintaining or improving their comparative salary status. (Author)

Stratification within organizations as produced by the distribution of functional importance among positions is investigated. According to Stinchcombe's hypothesis from the functional theory of stratification, the rewards given to various positions are expected to be less equal when talent is complementary rather than additive. Actual differences…

Executives who were given a program designed to strengthen their need for achievement were matched with comparable executives chosen to attend the corporation's executive development course during approximately the same period. In a followup study, participants in the motivation training course had performed significantly better than their matched…

Concludes that about half of racial differentials in earnings are due to current labor market discrimination, with the remainder due to past discrimination. (BH)

Analysis of educational levels and earnings associated with specific occupations supported seemingly conflicting explanations of inequality: (1) the job competition theory that education has no effect on equalization of earnings; and (2) the free market theory suggesting an effect of educational level on earnings and of unequal education on…