Is MIT an exception? Gender pay differences in academic science

Recipients to evaluate gender differences in salaries for academic scientists. Over time gender salary dif-ferences can partly be explained by differences in ob-servable characteristics for faculty at the assistant and associate ranks. Substantial gender salary differences for full professors are not explained by observable characteristics. Between 1973 and 1997, very little has changed in terms of gender salary and promotion differences for academics in science. After evaluating potential explanations, the author concludes that gen-der discrimination similar to that observed at MIT ac-counts for unexplained gender disparities. Keywords:discrimination, gender differences, salary, promotion In March 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Tech