Publisher's Synopsis
The main theme of this book concerns the interaction between sex discrimination in the labour market and the role of comparable worth in attacking one of its important consequences, lower pay for women. It is argued that future progress in eliminating such inequalities can only be made by the application and extension of legislation which embodies the principle of comparable worth or equal pay for work of equal value.;The book presents a comprehensive systematic treatment of the interaction between discrimination and comparable worth, and also demonstrates its concern both with inequalities caused by the labour market itself and with those caused prior to labour-market entry. By exploring the interrelationship between demand and supply forces in generating discrimination, the book demonstrates how comparable worth, unlike other anti-discrimination policies, is capable of influencing not just the outcomes of sex discrimination in the labour market but the very basis of discrimination.
