Statistical Analysis of Ubc Faculty Salaries: Investigation of Differences Due to Sex or Visible Minority Status

This paper uses a variety of statistical methods to investigate hypotheses about differences in salaries, promotions, and promotion rates arising from the sex or visible minority status of faculty. Clearly salaries vary for many reasons: years of experience, disciplinary differences, and most importantly, productivity. The purpose of this analysis is to use all of the existing data available on UBC systems to provide as much insight as possible into differentials. The most important shortcoming of the analysis is the absence of productivity data. No such data are available centrally, and there is no general agreement across the university on how to measure or collect quantitative data on faculty productivity. Nevertheless, by using the existing data we can provide some conclusions on the magnitude of differences, and the possible mechanisms underlying the differences.