Existing studies examine the determinants of private university presidents' compensation, but ignore recent earnings differentials between public and private university presidents. This paper estimates that public university presidents earn approximately 50 percent less than comparable private university presidents. This salary discount is robust to controls for institutional and individual characteristics, and estimation technique.
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%0 Journal Article
%1 monks_public_2007
%A Monks, James
%D 2007
%J Economics of Education Review
%K Analysis, Analysis; Characteristics, Characteristics; College Colleges Colleges, Colleges; Comparative Differentials, Differentials; Individual Institutional Presidents, Presidents; Private Public Salaries, Salaries; Salary Wage
%N 3
%P 338--348
%T Public versus private university presidents pay levels and structure
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2005.11.003 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ762746&site=ehost-live
%V 26
%X Existing studies examine the determinants of private university presidents' compensation, but ignore recent earnings differentials between public and private university presidents. This paper estimates that public university presidents earn approximately 50 percent less than comparable private university presidents. This salary discount is robust to controls for institutional and individual characteristics, and estimation technique.
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abstract = {Existing studies examine the determinants of private university presidents' compensation, but ignore recent earnings differentials between public and private university presidents. This paper estimates that public university presidents earn approximately 50 percent less than comparable private university presidents. This salary discount is robust to controls for institutional and individual characteristics, and estimation technique.},
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title = {Public versus private university presidents pay levels and structure},
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