Contrasting Economic Analyses of Equal Remuneration: The Social and Community Services (SACS) Case

Austen, Siobhan; Jefferson, Therese; Preston, Alison

doi:10.1177/0022185612465527

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“…In addition, I show that disaggregating occupations even further than the previous literature has—to the three‐ and four‐digit levels—increases the estimated occupational contribution even further. Austen, Jefferson and Preston () argued that women were over‐represented in low‐paying occupations within the broad one‐ and two‐digit occupational groups employed in previous research. The evidence I report here provides support for this argument.…”

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“…An important example of the relevance of this question is the 2010 ‘equal remuneration’ case brought before Fair Work Australia by unions representing workers in the Social and Community Services sector. Austen, Jefferson and Preston () provide interesting insights into the competing arguments made in this case and those arguments hinge on whether or not women are overly represented in low‐paying occupations.…”

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Occupational Differences and the Australian Gender Wage Gap

Coelli

2014

Australian Economic Review

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There are conflicting findings in the literature about whether occupational differences contribute to the Australian gender wage gap. Most papers conclude that they do not, while two papers conclude that they can explain a sizeable amount of the gap. These papers use different estimation methods and levels of occupational aggregation. I show that constructing decompositions using much more disaggregated occupational categories than those used in previous Australian research yield large positive contributions of occupational differences to the gap. Differences in estimation method (particularly regarding the inclusion or otherwise of industry indicators) also affect estimates.

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Occupational Differences and the Australian Gender Wage Gap

Coelli

2014

Australian Economic Review

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“…The second form of undervaluation escapes much of the established equal pay policy, which focuses on comparisons between the wages and job demands of men and women. Undervaluation, however, is likely to occur in jobs and industries that are highly feminised (see Austen et al, 2013).…”

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The Institutionalised Undervaluation of Women’s Work: The Case of Local Government Sector Collective Agreements

Sandberg

Törnroos

Kohvakka³

2017

Work, Employment and Society

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This article analyses the role of collective agreements in institutionalising and legitimising the undervaluation of work conducted by women. The undervaluation of women's work has been identified as one of the main causes of the gender pay gap. Despite this, it continues to escape many of the policy measures on gender pay equity that focus on establishing wage discrimination. The Finnish local government sector provides an interesting case for research on undervaluation, as it has several collective agreements and several wage determination systems for different employee groups. However, a local authority is a single employer, and is obliged by law to treat all employees equally. Although the processes of wage determination vary across different national contexts, institutionalised undervaluation is very likely among highly feminised jobs and occupations worldwide. This article sees wages as social practices that reflect and are shaped by institutional, societal and historical contexts.

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“…Focusing only on productivity denies the role of social actors. In heterodox economics using institutional approaches (e.g., Austen et al, 2013), wages are seen as shaped by the institutional context. Figart et al (2002) have categorized implicit theories behind equal pay debates.…”

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Sisters (can’t) unite! Wages as macro‐political and the gendered power orders of corporatism

Sandberg

Saari

2018

Gender Work & Organization

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In addition to political parties and the government, trade union confederations and employer organizations are major power players in the Finnish labour market, policymaking and the wider society. This article analyses the significant role of the Finnish corporatist regime in creating and maintaining the gendered hierarchies of the labour market, including the gender pay gap. Using the case of the Finnish nurses’ industrial action in 2007, our analysis highlights the capacity of the corporatist regime to resist change in current wage relativities and effectively block attempts made to challenge the status quo. This article describes how wages are macro‐political, shaped by political processes, negotiations, power relations and vested interests of central stakeholders within the Finnish corporatist regime. The analysis focuses on the problem representations through which the actors articulate either their attempt to increase wages or to maintain the status quo, which makes their vested interests, as well as politics, visible.

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Contrasting Economic Analyses of Equal Remuneration: The Social and Community Services (SACS) Case

Cited by 24 publications

References 15 publications

Occupational Differences and the Australian Gender Wage Gap

Occupational Differences and the Australian Gender Wage Gap

The Institutionalised Undervaluation of Women’s Work: The Case of Local Government Sector Collective Agreements

Sisters (can’t) unite! Wages as macro‐political and the gendered power orders of corporatism

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