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Living wages, equal wages : gender and labor market policies in the United States

Title
Living wages, equal wages : gender and labor market policies in the United States / Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power.
Author
Figart, Deborah M.
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Mutari, Ellen, 1956-
  • Power, Marilyn.
Description
xiv, 258 p. : ill., ports.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 1
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 03-9645
ISBN
  • 0415273900
  • 0415273919 (PBK.)
OCLC
49350882
Author
Figart, Deborah M.
Title
Living wages, equal wages : gender and labor market policies in the United States / Deborah M. Figart, Ellen Mutari, and Marilyn Power.
Imprint
London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series
Routledge IAFFE advances in feminist economics ; 1
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Mutari, Ellen, 1956-
Power, Marilyn.
Research Call Number
JFE 03-9645
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