The Persistence of the Gender Pay Gap in British Universities. / Frank, Jefferson.
In: Fiscal Studies, 27.05.2027.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Persistence of the Gender Pay Gap in British Universities. / Frank, Jefferson.
In: Fiscal Studies, 27.05.2027.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The Persistence of the Gender Pay Gap in British Universities
AU - Frank, Jefferson
PY - 2020/5/27
Y1 - 2020/5/27
N2 - The gender pay gap in the UK has been persistent despite the Equal Pay Act 1970. Universities were given a positive duty to redress this in the Equality Act 2010. Some British universities introduced a system of ‘professorial banding’. All professors were regraded from scratch. Surprisingly, this had almost no impact on the gender pay gap. We model how the design of the system could amplify discrimination. With individual data from one research university, we find evidence of gendered external market effects, effects of shorter tenure in the rank of professor and sticky floors.
AB - The gender pay gap in the UK has been persistent despite the Equal Pay Act 1970. Universities were given a positive duty to redress this in the Equality Act 2010. Some British universities introduced a system of ‘professorial banding’. All professors were regraded from scratch. Surprisingly, this had almost no impact on the gender pay gap. We model how the design of the system could amplify discrimination. With individual data from one research university, we find evidence of gendered external market effects, effects of shorter tenure in the rank of professor and sticky floors.
U2 - 10.1111/1475-5890.12219
DO - 10.1111/1475-5890.12219
M3 - Article
JO - Fiscal Studies
JF - Fiscal Studies
SN - 0143-5671
ER -