Living wages, equal wages : gender and labor market policies in the United States / Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power.

Author/creator Figart, Deborah M.
Other author Mutari, Ellen, 1956-
Other author Power, Marilyn.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Descriptionxiv, 258 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesRoutledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 1
Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 1. ^A560877
Contents Pt. 1. Laying the groundwork: methodological frameworks and theoretical perspectives : Introduction, living wages, equal wages, and the value of women's work -- Waged work in the twentieth century -- Two faces of wages within the economics tradition: wages as a living, wages as a price -- The third face: wages as a social practice -- pt. 2. Wage regulations in the twentieth century: An experiment in wage regulation: minimum wages for women -- A living for breadwinners: the federal minimum wage -- Job evaluation and the ideology of equal pay -- Legislating equal wages -- pt. 3. The century ahead: Living wages, equal wages revisited: contemporary movements and policy initiatives -- Applying feminist political economy to wage setting.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0415273900
ISBN0415273919 (PBK.)

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Joyner General Stacks HD4975 .F55 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold