Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!timeinc!phri!pesnta!amd!vecpyr!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!flink From: flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) Newsgroups: net.women,net.politics Subject: Re: Comparable worth Message-ID: <542@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 15:28:03 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.542 Posted: Sun Jun 30 15:28:03 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:26:34 EDT References: <482@ttidcc.UUCP> <8203@ucbvax.ARPA><457@unc.UUCP> <2126@ut-sally.UUCP> <393@umcp-cs.UUCP> <286@vaxwaller.UUCP> Reply-To: flink@maryland.UUCP (Paul V. Torek) Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 14 Keywords: supply and demand; equilibrium wages Xref: watmath net.women:6206 net.politics:9704 Susan Finkelman writes: >There seems to be an adequate supply of auto workers, who are paid very >well. There always seem to be construction workers laid off, yet, they >also are paid well. There is a growing shortage of grammar and high >school teachers. Auto workers have strong unions; construction workers seem to be much in demand in my area (lots of employment ads); the shortage of public school teachers may A) be due to govt.'s reluctance to respond to supply and demand; B) be corrected with a relatively small pay increase. If you want to show that supply and demand don't explain much of the wage gap, you have to show that the salaries of (e.g.) teachers WOULD BE HIGHER than those of (e.g.) carpenters AT "MARKET-CLEARING" WAGES. (See your econ text for def of "market-clearing".)