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abstract: 'Despite its importance to gender inequality, household incomes, and
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labor markets, the reasons behind Britain being one of the last major
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Western nations to introduce equal pay have been relatively neglected.
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This article first examines the campaign for equal pay from the late
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Victorian era to its eventual introduction in 1970. Economists predicted
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that equal pay would produce substantial female unemployment, but policy
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makers correctly doubted this-as data collected from early adopters in
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West Europe and North America showed no significant rise in female
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unemployment. Female employment rose substantially during Britain''s
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equal pay implementation-while, in contrast to broadly static earnings
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differentials from 1950 to 1970, there was a significant reduction in
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the gender pay gap, followed by a longer-term trend of narrowing
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differentials. This article explores why equal pay expanded female
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employment, given the absence of any sudden rise in women workers
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productivity or substantial acceleration of structural change in favor
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of female-employing sectors. The article finds that equal pay compelled
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employers to reevaluate the real worth of female workers based on their
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substantial relative human capital growth since 1945. This had not
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hitherto been reflected in relative earnings, owing to barriers such as
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segmented labor markets, monopsonistic employers, and collective
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bargaining procedures that fossilized traditional gender pay
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differentials.'
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affiliation: 'Scott, P (Corresponding Author), Univ Reading, Henley Business Sch,
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Int Business Hist, Reading RG6 6AH, Berks, England.
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Scott, Peter, Univ Reading, Henley Business Sch, Int Business Hist, Reading RG6
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6AH, Berks, England.'
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article-number: PII S1467222722000441
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author: Scott, Peter
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author-email: p.m.scott@henley.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Scott
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given: Peter
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1017/eso.2022.44
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earlyaccessdate: JAN 2023
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eissn: 1467-2235
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files: []
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issn: 1467-2227
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journal: ENTERPRISE \& SOCIETY
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keywords: 'Equal pay; Gender inequality; Gender discrimination; Imperfect labour
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markets'
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keywords-plus: 'RELATIVE PAY; MINIMUM-WAGES; LABOR-MARKET; EMPLOYMENT; LEGISLATION;
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WORKING; IMPACT'
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language: English
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month: 2023 JAN 23
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number-of-cited-references: '46'
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orcid-numbers: Scott, Peter/0000-0003-1230-9040
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papis_id: b2507dbad033dd5a919107db4a908e9d
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ref: Scott2023pinmoney
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times-cited: '0'
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title: 'From ``Pin Money″ to Careers: Britain''s Late Move to Equal Pay, Its Consequences,
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and Broader Implications'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000917492400001
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '4'
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web-of-science-categories: Business; History Of Social Sciences
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year: '2023'
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