@EdWorkingPaper{ai20-212,
title = "Unequal Pay for Equal Work? Unpacking the Gender Gap in Principal Compensation",
author = "Jason A. Grissom, Jennifer D. Timmer, Jennifer L. Nelson, Richard S.L. Blissett",
institution = "Annenberg Institute at Brown University",
number = "212",
year = "2020,
month = "March",
URL = "http://www.edworkingpapers.com/ai20-212",
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.},
}