Resumen de Academic Wage Structure by Gender: The Roles of Peer Review, Performance, and Market Forces

Paul S. Carlin, Michael P. Kidd, Patrick M. Rooney, Brian Denton

• 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.