Penalties and premiums: The impact of gender, marriage, and parenthood on faculty salaries in science, engineering and mathematics (sem) and non-sem fields

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 869-896

  Kelly, Kimberly ^a   Grant, Linda ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic careers; fatherhood premium; gender wage gap; marriage; motherhood wage penalty; parenthood; postsecondary faculty; SEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869050202     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312712457111     Document Type: Article

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