Equal Pay Thirty Years On: The Policy and Practice
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Issues concerning women's equal pay for equal work are presented, focusing on the history of wage administration in Australia. Topics include Justice Higgins's 1907 decision institutionalizing wage discrimination, wage policy in the later part of the 20th century, and a 1972 decision favoring equal pay.
Publication Name: Australian Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0004-9018
Year: 1999
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Labour Market Institutions and the Gender Pay Ratio
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Issues concerning wage inequities for women as compared to men are discussed. Topics include the power governments have to address the inequities, centralised wage systems, labor unions, and a comparison between Australia's and the United States' wage systems.
Publication Name: Australian Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0004-9018
Year: 1999
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The Equal Pay Case--Thirty Years On
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Issues concerning the history of wage inequity between women in men in Australia are presented. Topics include the Equal Pay Case, statistical data on wage inequity, and a summary of other articles on the subject.
Publication Name: Australian Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0004-9018
Year: 1999
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