The wage gap
By: Noël Merino, book editor
Series: Current controversies series; Current controversies
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780737768923; 9780737768930
Subjects: Equal pay for equal work; Pay equity; Discrimination in employment
Description: Contains over twenty-one essays that offer varying perspectives on controversial issues related to the wage gap, what causes it, the effects of education on it, and income inequality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Is the wage gap between men and women due to discrimination? Overview: women's earnings  -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; title: Women's wages are lower due to occupational segregation  -- Ariane Hegewisch and Maxwell Matite; title: Institutional bias partially explains the gender wage gap  -- Bryce Covert; title: The gender wage gap is a myth  -- Diana Furchtgott-Roth; title: The "equal pay day" myth  -- Carrie Lukas; title: Sex, workers: gender discrimination does not explain the male-female pay gap  -- Andrew Biggs -- Is the wage gap between rich and poor harmful? Overview: the gap in income between rich and poor / -- Pew Social & Demographic Trends; title: Rising income inequality adversely affects many social systems  -- Elizabeth McNichol et al.; title: Income inequality has eroded the middle class and the American dream  -- Stewart Lansley; title: Income inequality affects social equality, social unity, and happiness  -- Timothy Noah; title: There is no evidence that inequality harms the economy or democracy  -- Scott Winship; title: Income inequality can be good for everyone  -- Richard A. Epstein; title: Inequality does not make people unhappy  -- Arthur C. Brooks -- Is the wage gap among races problematic for society? Overview: income by race and Hispanic origin / -- Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, and Jessica C. Smith; title: Discrimination explains the low wages of black men  -- Darrick Hamilton, Algernon Austin, and William Darity Jr.; title: Income inequality disproportionately harms women of color  -- Sophia Kerby; title: The racial wage gap contributes to a racial wealth gap  -- Signe-Mary McKernan et al.; title: Discrimination does not explain the race and gender wage gaps  -- June O'Neill; title: Minimum wage laws hurt, not help, unskilled black youths  -- Walter E. Williams -- Is education key to reducing wage gaps? Education is the key to a healthy economy / -- George P. Shultz and Eric A. Hanushek; title: Affordable higher education could be a great equalizer  -- Josh Freedman; title: Education is not the cure for income inequality  -- Lawrence Mishel; title: Higher education is not always a smart monetary investment  -- Stephanie Owen and Isabel Sawhill; title: The wealthy kids are all right -- Chuck Collins.