Women must work fifteen months and eight days to earn what men earn in a year" (Lesley, 1999). In a society where women are often single mothers who must support both themselves and children, why would they get paid less than men for doing the same job? When John F. Kennedy passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which promised women "equal pay for equal work," women earned only 58 cents for every do...

Abstract The approach in the United Kingdom to sex-based equal pay has for a long time been distinct from general sex discrimination and based on other protected characteristics. This dichotomy allows greater focus pay, statutory regime, but also risks creating unnecessary, unintended detrimental distinctions. article outlines different legislative approaches adopted pursuit of related public p...

From 2018, it became mandatory to obtain the Icelandic Equal Pay Standard (ÍST85) for all companies with 25+ employees annually operating on market. It has been unclear what extent – if any ÍST85 can be applied in public procurements. This article analyses whether is compliant relevant European Union internal market law, particularly procurement law. The growing intensity of nudges include and ...

In this paper, the issue of whether willingness to pay (WTP) for the benefits generated by a public good should be elicited on an individual or a household basis is addressed. Differences between individual and household WTP may arise when members of the household are mutually altruistic. It is shown that, for general specifications of altruism, household WTP is less than the sum of household m...

Overtime pays and work agreements between workers outsourcing companies are often not enforceable. This study aims to determine the form of legal protection for overtime wages in their remedies. research is normative juridical, especially on systematics level synchronization. The results showed that there must be orders worker approvals. given after working more than 40 hours/week, a maximum 4 ...

This study aimed to quantify the returns tertiary educational attainment and measures extent which these differ for men women. The article provides new empirical evidence of education literature by introducing a unique instrument, namely supply deal with endogeneity. analysis is implemented using pooled cross-section five rounds Pakistan Social Living Standards survey 10,000 observations. resul...