Decomposition of salary gap by postdoc experience among tenure-track faculty
| Decomposition component | Estimates | Percentage explained (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic | 95.54 (258.85) | 1.65 |
| Employer institution | 6,556.88*** (1,670.9) | 112.91 |
| PhD program rank | 566.85 (763.67) | 9.76 |
| Field | −2,214.3 (1,691.04) | −38.13 |
| Experience | −147.67 (208.18) | −2.54 |
| Tenure status | 1,674.54** (831.48) | 28.84 |
| Productivity | −724.53** (346.5) | −12.48 |
| Total gap | 5,807 |
| Decomposition component | Estimates | Percentage explained (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic | 95.54 | 1.65 |
| Employer institution | 6,556.88 | 112.91 |
| PhD program rank | 566.85 | 9.76 |
| Field | −2,214.3 | −38.13 |
| Experience | −147.67 | −2.54 |
| Tenure status | 1,674.54 | 28.84 |
| Productivity | −724.53 | −12.48 |
| Total gap | 5,807 |
Notes:
*, ** and *** denote statistical significance at the 10, 5 and the 1% levels, respectively. Standard errors are in parentheses. Salary gap between tenure-track faculty in social sciences 7 to 9 years into their faculty career, between former postdocs and non-postdocs. Covariates in each group for decomposition are: Demographics (gender and race/ethnicity); Employer Institution (Carnegie classification, public/private, and geographic region); PhD program NRC ranking; Experience (years since PhD); Tenure status; Productivity (number of articles published or accepted averaged over years reported and normalized by field)