Unequal Pay: a Comparative Study of Australia, Canada, Sweden and the U.K
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Labour and Industry
- Vol. 3 (2-3) , 354-371
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.1990.10669092
Abstract
In most OECD countries in the 1980s the earnings of women in the paid workforce remain significantly below those of men. While a range of factors are commonly utilized to explain this earnings gap, a review of available statistics highlights marked cross-national variations which suggest limits to the explanatory value of many orthodox approaches. This paper argues that cross national differences in the relative earnings of women can be understood more fully when institutional factors such as the organization of labour and wage fixing arrangements are taken into account.Keywords
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