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To: TimF who wrote (2333)	11/20/2003 1:16:11 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 7936

"A number of studies show that women make less money than men who work the same job." Show me a link with such a comprehensive study. TIA. OK fine I'll withdraw my comment. If you insist, no studies show that women make less money then men. In that case I guess we don't have an issue... You're funny. Show me those studies where the disparity between men and women goes away when you "condition for education and experience". "The pay rates for jobs are determined by supply and demand , not by how much society values people working a particular job." That's not true. Ballplayers get paid huge salaries because people war willing to pay to watch them play. Thank you for confirming my point. People are willing to pay to watch them play. In other words there is demand. People are willing to watch teachers teach......the demand is huge but the supply low and yet the salaries are low. People are willing to pay Tom Cruise $20 million per film but the average wage for members of the SAG is around 10k. The demand is to see certain people and not a demand for the profession nor one dependent on supply and demand. The truth is we value certain professions over others for certain cultural reasons that are not easy to define........which should not be surprising considering the fact we pay tall people more money for the same work as short people. The demand is not just for "good actors". The real money (or real demand) is not just for people who can act. Person A can be a less skilled actor then person B but A might be more attractive or have more of a presence or a better voice or some other quality that causes people to want to watch a movie with A in it. The direct customer for the actors talents are the studios and producers. There demand is for people who can get people to watch movies. There is a limited supply of people with a track record of doing that so those who have such a track record can command a high price. (lots of money/demand chasing a limited supply equals high prices). That's true to a degree but the controls over the supply is what causes the problem and not the level of the demand. Directors are afraid to try out new talent for fear that people won't like them. There is plenty of supply while demand limited; however, the supply is bottlenecked by the film producers because they fear to take risks with new people. Supply and demand is just one of several factors that determine the level of salaries. One example....... the level of one's salary can be determined by a person's appearance. Because your appearance effects the level of demand.A Appearance has nothing to do with demand. It has to do with cultural bias. A good looking accountant doing bookkeeping in a back office will not make demand go up because of her appearance. However, her appearance is pleasing to the eye so she gets extra pay for it. I am not a bureaucrat but in any case I was not slamming bureaucrats. You work for a large corporation, don't you? ted

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