| Abstract: | Asserts that the difference index proposed by the author (in press) represents the most effective means of assessing sex bias in salaries and is preferable to regression-based indices regardless of the type of available measures of qualifications and salary. The difference index defines sex bias as the difference in mean salary inequities between men and women and emphasizes the necessity of deciding how much relevant differences in qualifications are worth. Unlike the regression indices, if measurement errors are uncorrelated with sex, the difference index is unchanged. This index is also applicable to other employee characteristics and types of inequity. (7 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
