| Abstract: | This paper attempts to determine if a significant differential existed in the quality of the academic placements of male and female economists for the period 1960 to 1974, and examines the factors at work in such placements. Several reduced form equations of a formal three equation model of the hiring process in the academic labor market are estimated by ordinary least squares regression analysis. The analysis indicates that males had a 22.2 percent advantage in placement quality over women for the period and most of this can be attributed to some form of discrimination. |
