My wife is a teacher and I work in tech and we keep having the same fight about whether she should ask for a raise or find a new job because her salary is so low but she says I don't understand how teacher compensation works and maybe she's right.
More people experience this than they realize.
Different professional contexts create different relationships to wage negotiation, and what looks like practical advice may actually be cultural misunderstanding.
“Where Are You with Labor economics — how wages are set?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.