Women in the workforce earn an average of two-thirds of the wages by men, partly because the majority of women are segregated into female-dominated jobs and occupations that receive lower wages than male-dominated jobs and occupations. Basing wages on the comparable worth of jobs to the employer is proposed as a partial solution to the wage discrimination experienced by women. States are in the process of adopting comparable worth as a basis for setting wages for state employees. Five comparable worth initiatives or actions taken within states are examined separately and combined to form an index. The five initiatives are introduction of comparable worth legislation in the legislature, initiation of a job evaluation study, establishment of a comparable worth task force, implementation of comparable worth as a basis for wage-setting for state employees, and appropriation of money to implement comparable worth. The relationship between political, economic, and women's status factors within states and a state's adoption of comparable worth initiatives are examined using a cross-sectional survey approach. Data are analyzed with Pearson Product Moment Correlations and multiple regression techniques. / Political liberalism, wealth, education, women's political status, and women's legal status are positively associated with adoption of comparable worth. Urbanization is not associated and industrialization is negatively associated with comparable worth adoption. Women's economic status is weakly associated with comparable worth adoption. The best predictors of comparable worth adoption for state employees are political liberalism (right of state employees to bargain collectively), women's political status (percent of women in state House of Representatives), and women's legal status (state ratification of federal ERA). / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-09, Section: A, page: 2441. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1987.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76155 |
| Contributors | GODBEY, KAROLYN LUSSON., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 225 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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