Author:
Firestone Juanita M.,Harris Richard J.,Gaytán Marie Sarita
Abstract
The sex‐based wage gap, better known as the
gender pay gap
, is a measure of what women earn relative to men in the workforce. Although the gap has declined since the 1960s, disparities persist. Women, on average, continue to earn less than men across all industries. Comparable worth, also called
pay equity
, refers to reform efforts that address the gender pay gap by comparing jobs that are equal to or similar in value to an employer. Thus, if two jobs require equivalent levels of skill, education, and responsibility, the two should also have equivalent salaries. Comparable worth initiatives seek to correct the persistent wage inequalities between men and women.
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