Journal article
Determinants of Salary Dispersion among Political Science Faculty: The Differential Effects of Where You Work (Institutional Characteristics) and What You Do (Negotiate and Publish)
PS, political science & politics, Vol.50(1), pp.146-156
01/2017
DOI: 10.1017/S104909651600233X
Abstract
We evaluate hypotheses about human capital and structural theory-based predictors of variation in academic salaries. We use standard statistical models to explore differences in salary among full-time political science faculty, while also utilizing selection models to control for factors that place individuals on different trajectories stemming from their graduate school experience. We report on several findings, one of which is the positive effect on salary associated with graduation from a highly ranked PhD program; a second being the negative effect on salary of a high undergraduate teaching load. Other findings are that negotiation positively affects salary for men, but not for women, and that journal publications increase salaries amongst women, but not men. At the associate professor level, we find a significant gender gap in salary, even with controls for human capital, structural factors, and productivity. We also find a significant effect of race on the salaries of male faculty.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Determinants of Salary Dispersion among Political Science Faculty: The Differential Effects of Where You Work (Institutional Characteristics) and What You Do (Negotiate and Publish)
- Creators
- Vicki Hesli Claypool - University of IowaBrian David Janssen - University of IowaDongkyu Kim - University of IowaSara McLaughlin Mitchell - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- PS, political science & politics, Vol.50(1), pp.146-156
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; New York, USA
- DOI
- 10.1017/S104909651600233X
- ISSN
- 1049-0965
- eISSN
- 1537-5935
- Number of pages
- 11
- Alternative title
- The Profession: Determinants of Salary Dispersion among Political Science Faculty
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Political Science; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9983983314902771