MALE-FEMALE SALARY DIFFERENTIALS IN BRITISH UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

The average salary differential between male and female academics in Britain in 1992 exceeded 15%. Using individual data covering all full-time academic staff in the old universities for the years 1975, 1985, and 1992, we find that a significant part of the differential is explained by the fact that women are under-represented in senior ranks. However, even after controlling for rank, age, tenure, and faculty, a gender effect in the remuneration of British academics remains. Moreover, neither the average salary-gap nor that part attributable to an independent gender effect have fallen since 1975.