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- - In the 1960s, significant legislation was enacted to address labor market discrimination against women in the United States, starting with the Equal Pay Act of 1963 which mandated equal pay for equal work.
- - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 further strengthened anti-discrimination efforts by prohibiting sex-based discrimination in employment through Title VII.
- - Amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in 1961 and 1966 raised the minimum wage and expanded worker coverage, providing essential benefits to many women in low-earning industries like services and retail.
Article Abstract
In the 1960s, landmark legislation targeted the long-standing practice of labor market discrimination against US women. The Equal Pay Act of 1963, an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), became the first piece of federal legislation mandating equal pay for equal work. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act followed in 1964 with a provision that more broadly prohibited sex-based discrimination in employment. Complementing this legislation, the 1961 and 1966 FLSA amendments increased the real minimum wage by 24 percent by 1970 and almost doubled the number of workers it covered, extending the FLSA's provisions to an additional 22.6 million individuals (US Department of Labor 1961, 1970). These changes benefited many workers in some of the economy's lowest-earning industries, such as services, retail trade, and government (that is, schools and hospitals)-industries where many women worked.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005043 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20211020 | DOI Listing |
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