Gender Discrimination and University Faculty Salaries from 1984 to 1992

Abstract

Logit regression analysis is used to determine if salary discrimination is occurring for a sample of full-time, tenure-track faculty at a Midwest state university in 1984 or 1992. It has the advantage of eliminating two sources of nondiscriminatory salary differentials: interfering variation and occupational variation. The paper differs from other discrimination research since it pools the sample and uses gender as a binary dependent variable. The data was developed from local sources and "starting salary" was available. Three points in typical career paths of faculty can be examined promotion patterns, starting salary, and salary structure for several academic years. (J3 and 17)