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Unequal Pay for Equal Work? Unpacking the Gender Gap in Principal Compensation. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-212

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Title: Unequal Pay for Equal Work? Unpacking the Gender Gap in Principal Compensation. EdWorkingPaper No. 20-212
Language: English
Authors: Jason A. Grissom, Jennifer D. Timmer, Jennifer L. Nelson, Richard S. L. Blissett, Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Source: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. 2020.
Availability: Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University Box 1985, Providence, RI 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: annenberg@brown.edu; Web site: https://annenberg.brown.edu/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 60
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Principals, Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration), Women Administrators, Gender Discrimination, Individual Characteristics, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Labor Market, Human Capital, Work Environment, Career Pathways, Wages, Occupational Mobility, Administrator Qualifications, Unions
Geographic Terms: Missouri
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Schools and Staffing Survey (NCES), National Teacher and Principal Survey (NCES)
Abstract: We investigate the male-female gap in principal compensation in state and national data: detailed longitudinal personnel records from the state of Missouri and repeated cross-sections from the nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). In both data sets, we estimate substantively important compensation gaps for school leaders. In Missouri, female principals make approximately $1,400 less annually than their male colleagues with similar characteristics leading the same school in different years. SASS analyses show that women make about $900 less than men nationally, on average. These gaps are only partially explained by sorting, career paths, and other labor supply-side mechanisms, suggesting that gender discrimination contributes to male-female pay differences in school leadership.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: ED671189
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:We investigate the male-female gap in principal compensation in state and national data: detailed longitudinal personnel records from the state of Missouri and repeated cross-sections from the nationally representative Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS). In both data sets, we estimate substantively important compensation gaps for school leaders. In Missouri, female principals make approximately $1,400 less annually than their male colleagues with similar characteristics leading the same school in different years. SASS analyses show that women make about $900 less than men nationally, on average. These gaps are only partially explained by sorting, career paths, and other labor supply-side mechanisms, suggesting that gender discrimination contributes to male-female pay differences in school leadership.