Sex Differentials in Teachers' Pay

Abstract

Empirical evidence on the differences in earnings between single women, married women and men is examined. First a mathematical function is developed which approximates to the of service-earnings profile, the logarithmic transformation of salary being used to generate a distribution which does not grossly violate the restrictions of multiple regression analysis. Dummy variables are introduced into the basic multiple regression equation to represent different categories of teacher: various interaction effects between these variables are examined. The results show that although most of the difference between the earnings of married women and men can be accounted for through length of service standardization, there is still a significant difference remaining which cannot easily be explained. Single women were found to earn consistently more than their married counterparts but less than men, especially in primary schools. A slight deterioration over time in the position of married women is detected, when results for 1963 and 1971 are compared.