This paper uses data compiled from faculty files at a private, doctoral-granting research university to investigate whether or not there are gender-related differences in salary offers at the time of initial appointment. The investigation uses single- and multiple-equation regression models that control for gender, date of hire, experience and…

Using data from a class action suit at the University of Minnesota, this paper shows the different costs arising from paying women a percentage increase on their actual salaries, versus paying them predicted salaries as if they were men. The political consequences of enacting these different equalization methods (without additional funding) are…