Salary differentials or sex discrimination? Evidence from the academic labor market
✍ Scribed by Debra A. Barbezat
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 892 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5923
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✦ Synopsis
This study uses data from two national faculty surveys to estimate the extent of salary discrimination by sex in the academic labor market. Following the Oaxaca method, discrimination is measured as a residual, subtracting salary differences due to individual characteristics from total male/female salary differences. Several estimates are derived while controlling for various personal and professional characteristics including: publications, academic discipline, rank, and characteristics of the employing institution. From 1968 to 1977 there is a substantial reduction in measured discrimination, although a small salary difference remains after controlling for all available qualifications in 1977.