Gender and racial earnings differentials in academic labor markets

This study estimates earnings differentials across racial and gender groups among college faculty: and decomposes these differentials into the compone nts attributable to differences in individual and institutional characteris tics and that which remains unexplained We find that white females earn app roximately 4 percent less than white males; black males earn 7.4 percent mo re: black females earn one percent more; Hispanic males earn 2.7 percent mo re; Hispanic females earn 1.7 percent less; and Asian males earn 7.7 percen t more than comparable white males. We also find a significant earnings pen alty for being a naturalized citizen or noncitizen versus an U.S.-born citi zen. (JEL J7).