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abstract: 'Despite its importance to gender inequality, household incomes, and
labor markets, the reasons behind Britain being one of the last major
Western nations to introduce equal pay have been relatively neglected.
This article first examines the campaign for equal pay from the late
Victorian era to its eventual introduction in 1970. Economists predicted
that equal pay would produce substantial female unemployment, but policy
makers correctly doubted this-as data collected from early adopters in
West Europe and North America showed no significant rise in female
unemployment. Female employment rose substantially during Britain''s
equal pay implementation-while, in contrast to broadly static earnings
differentials from 1950 to 1970, there was a significant reduction in
the gender pay gap, followed by a longer-term trend of narrowing
differentials. This article explores why equal pay expanded female
employment, given the absence of any sudden rise in women workers
productivity or substantial acceleration of structural change in favor
of female-employing sectors. The article finds that equal pay compelled
employers to reevaluate the real worth of female workers based on their
substantial relative human capital growth since 1945. This had not
hitherto been reflected in relative earnings, owing to barriers such as
segmented labor markets, monopsonistic employers, and collective
bargaining procedures that fossilized traditional gender pay
differentials.'
affiliation: 'Scott, P (Corresponding Author), Univ Reading, Henley Business Sch,
Int Business Hist, Reading RG6 6AH, Berks, England.
Scott, Peter, Univ Reading, Henley Business Sch, Int Business Hist, Reading RG6
6AH, Berks, England.'
article-number: PII S1467222722000441
author: Scott, Peter
author-email: p.m.scott@henley.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Scott
given: Peter
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1017/eso.2022.44
earlyaccessdate: JAN 2023
eissn: 1467-2235
files: []
issn: 1467-2227
journal: ENTERPRISE \& SOCIETY
keywords: 'Equal pay; Gender inequality; Gender discrimination; Imperfect labour
markets'
keywords-plus: 'RELATIVE PAY; MINIMUM-WAGES; LABOR-MARKET; EMPLOYMENT; LEGISLATION;
WORKING; IMPACT'
language: English
month: 2023 JAN 23
number-of-cited-references: '46'
orcid-numbers: Scott, Peter/0000-0003-1230-9040
papis_id: b2507dbad033dd5a919107db4a908e9d
ref: Scott2023pinmoney
times-cited: '0'
title: 'From ``Pin Money″ to Careers: Britain''s Late Move to Equal Pay, Its Consequences,
and Broader Implications'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000917492400001
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
web-of-science-categories: Business; History Of Social Sciences
year: '2023'