Estimates of the correlation between wages and number of women in three-digit occupations and assessment of comparable worth effects on wage inequities were conducted. Under the comparable worth scenario, eliminating the wage penalty associated with female-dominated occupations increases women's mean and median earnings. Comparable worth policy…

This article endeavors to explicate some of the mechanisms whereby the dual sector distinction is relevant for earnings determination. The author estimates both direct and indirect sectoral effects, disaggregates the dependent variable into hourly wage and annual hours worked components, and explores the interplay between sector and occupational…

Interviews with 1,115 male and 271 female professionals revealed significant gender differences in objective characteristics (job title, salary grade, and numbers supervised) and few differences in subjective characteristics (rewards, peer cohesion, staff support, role conflict/ambiguity, workload). (SK)

Data from the Survey of Class Structure and Class Consciousness showed that union membership positively affects earnings of all workers, but union density affects only the working class. Interindustry union threats affect the wages of only nonunionized workers. (SK)

Examines the distribution of earnings within occupations. Finds that these are more widely distributed than earnings among differing occupations. Suggests some gender differences in the processes generating earnings disparities within occupations. (CH)

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)

A study of 20,000 high-level administrators in 821 colleges and universities found that women's salaries were lower than men's. The negative effect of female incumbency on salary was greater in larger institutions and in private as compared with public colleges and universities. (Author/JOW)

Analysis of 1980 and 1990 Public Use Microdata Samples showed that, among full-time workers, occupational sex segregation declined 6.5 percentage points, less than the 8.5 point decline in the 1970s. Three-quarters of the desegregation was due to changed gender composition of occupations, one-quarter due to faster growth in more integrated…

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)

This study explored the varying experiences of men and women who received Masters in Business Administration and started their careers in the fifties, sixties, and seventies. The findings were that women rarely held positions in business firms, choosing instead independent work or alternative settings such as universities. (Author/CT)

Industrial sectors and authority hierarchies are examined as an explanation for women's lower earnings compared with men's. Sectoral location and authority position are found to have independent additive effects on earnings; these effects, however, differ by sex. Women are more likely to achieve higher authority positions within the peripheral…

Longitudinal analysis of Los Angeles census data showed that recently immigrated Latinos were concentrated in poorly paid, irregular occupations. Their marginalization in these "brown-collar" occupations was accompanied by depreciation in median pay for both immigrant and native workers in these jobs. (Contains 100 references.) (SK)

Analysis of Industry Wage Survey data from nine manufacturing industries indicated that unionization made the gender wage gap considerably smaller in six industries. In the other three, the overall proportion of women in the industry and the characteristics of unions may contribute to the disparity. (Contains 68 references.) (SK)

Explores the relationship among high technology industrialization, skill levels, and economic inequality. Finds that minority labor force participants experience more earnings discrimination in high tech industries than in other industries. Attributes findings to variations in local labor market contexts and to differing stages of product cycles…