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Re:Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Under... by bandrami on Monday March 04, 2019 @02:54PM (#19304686)
Nope, not that, either: the supply of doctors, for instance, is deliberately restricted by the American Medical Association; whereas the supply of elementary teachers is not restricted by the CAEP. Supply and demand are still second-order effects here.
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Re:Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Under... by WillPostForFood on Monday March 04, 2019 @03:11PM (#19304880)
If the supply of doctors is restricted, then you'd expect them to get higher pay, and vice versa with teachers. I agree it is a secondary effect. The cost of training/education required to perform the job is bigger, though it ultimately has the same effect of reducing supply.
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Re:Google Moves to Address Wage Equity, and Finds It’s Under... by bandrami on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:47PM (#19306846)
Were we to, say, stop the cap on H1-Bs in the medical profession, doctors' pay might migrate down towards teachers' and the OECD average (and US healthcare might be affordable).
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