Implicit Wage Theories in Equal Pay Debates in the United States
识别了美国同工同酬辩论中三种隐性工资理论：作为生计的工资、作为价格的工资和作为社会实践的工资，并强调工资的多重功能和意义对理解工资设定过程的重要性。
We identify three implicit wage theories in U.S. debates over the principle of equal pay for equal work: wages as a living , wages as a price , and wages as a social practice . Arguments for wages as a living emphasize that the purpose of the wage is to provide an adequate level of support for the worker. Proponents of wages as a price emphasize that wages allocate resources and are primarily the outcome of forces of supply and demand. To these two standard views we add an analysis of wages as a social practice. As a concrete social practice, wages shape as well as reflect gender, race, and class. It is only by recognizing that wages serve multiple functions and contain multiple meanings that we can grasp the complexity of wage-setting processes.