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Evaluating Pay Equity in Michigan: A Strategic Choice Perspective
Author(s) -
FIGART DEBORAH M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1995.tb00372.x
Subject(s) - equity (law) , civil service , wage , politics , public choice , public service , perspective (graphical) , public sector , economics , public economics , pay equity , public administration , labour economics , business , political science , law , economy , artificial intelligence , computer science
The strategic choice model provides one framework for analyzing pay equity reform in the public sector. Michigan was experiencing many of the same political and economic forces as other state civil services implementing comparable worth. However, the institutional structure of civil service industrial relations, coupled with the values of officials, undermined the reform process. Rather than adjusting relative wage rates to reflect the new Equitable Classification Plan, civil service officials reaffirmed market criteria in wage setting.