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Academic Wage Structure by Gender: The Roles of Peer Review, Performance, and Market Forces
Author(s) -
Carlin Paul S.,
Kidd Michael P.,
Rooney Patrick M.,
Denton Brian
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
southern economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 2325-8012
pISSN - 0038-4038
DOI - 10.4284/0038-4038-2010.267
Subject(s) - salary , earnings , wage , equity (law) , gender equity , economics , productivity , labour economics , demographic economics , psychology , political science , accounting , economic growth , law , market economy
We focus on understanding the role of productivity in determining wage structure differences between men and women in academia. The data arise from a pay equity study carried out in a single midwestern U.S. university over the 1996–1997 academic year. Econometric results confirm that external market forces exert influence over both male and female salary. But peer review ratings play a significant role in male but not female earnings determination, with similar results for objective measures of research, teaching, and service.