vow to the Lord which requires your valuation of living persons,
a male between twenty and fifty years old shall be valued at fifty silver shekels, that is
shekels by the sacred standard. If it is a female, she shall be valued at thirty shekels’”
(Leviticus 27:1–4).
Clearly, a female/male earnings ratio of 30/50 5 0.6 is not a new phenomenon. It
has existed—or at least been endorsed—at least since biblical times!
human capital market (e.g., education and training), as well as in the labour market.…
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