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Gender-based pay gaps among US faculty
Science Centric | 11 November 2009 13:33 GMT
Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by
President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less
than men.
Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent
less than men regardless of education, choice of industry,
or professional standing.
Even some of the most highly educated and qualified women
are subject to salary discrimination.
A new study published in Psychology of Women Quarterly
analyses the salaries of faculty members at a large,
American University and shows a significant gender-based
pay gap.
The researchers took into account the challenges that are
introduced by market-based pay structure and individual human
capital factors (education level, experience, rank).
Although these factors influence salary directly, it was the
gender-based disparity that posed a significant issue to equal
pay practice, and clearly favoured men.
Salary patterns were evaluated separately using two statistical
approaches that produced very similar results in regard to the
size and direction of a gender pay gap.
'Our findings show that women who wish to challenge pay
gaps at their own institution need to systematically and
quantitatively approach the situation, especially during a
time of economic downturn,' said Cheryl B. Travis, lead
author and Professor of Psychology at the University of
Tennessee.
Despite the fact that gender-based pay equality has not
improved much over the past decade, recent equal pay
legislation such as the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
(passed by Obama in 2009) could alleviate this imbalance.
Source: Wiley-Blackwell
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