Comparison of Factors Influencing Salaries of Agricultural Economics Professionals in Academic and Federal Employment

Jennie Popp, Doris J. Newton, Dianne Pittman, Diana M. Danforth and Arby Abdula

No 56504, 2010 Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2010, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: Results of two ordered probit models find differences in the major factors that influence salaries of agricultural economists employed in academia and in federal government. However some similarities were found; both sets of salaries were influenced by factors that measure job performance and neither set of salaries were significantly influenced by gender or ethnicity.

Keywords: Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2010-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.56504

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