Individual and institutional determinants of the male female wage gap among U.S. economics faculty

This paper provides new evidence on the male female wage gap in academia. Using unique data from the economics discipline, we estimate a human-capital based model to explore the nature of wage differentials among male and female economics professors. Results indicate the salary gap varies across systematically across individual and institutional characteristics.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Cherry, Todd L ; Durden, Garey C. ; Gaynor, Patricia E.
Published in:	Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 31.2011, 1, p. 245-254
Publisher:	AccessEcon
Subject:	discrimination \| wages \| academia

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	J7 - Discrimination ; J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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