The South-Nonsouth Faculty Salary Differential

Ethel Jones and Rand Ressler ()
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Ethel Jones: Auburn University

Eastern Economic Journal, 1993, vol. 19, issue 1, 33-42

Abstract: Faculty salaries at American educational institutions are often assumed to be lower in the South than in the non-South. This paper presents a model inclusive of faculty and job characteristics for estimating the regional differential at community colleges (local markets) and at institutions awarding the bachelor's degree and above (national market). Differentials are estimated at the end points (1975, 1985) of a decade of more rapid Southern than non-Southern faculty employment-growth. Nominal salaries in the South are lower at both dates in the two types of institutions. When model-adjusted and estimated in real terms, Southern salaries are higher in the national market at 1975 and 1985 and reach parity in the community colleges by 1985.

Keywords: Salaries; Salary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1993
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