Assessing the impact of gender and race on earnings in the library science labor market.

Authors

Darren L. Sweeper, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Steven A. Smith, University of New OrleansFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2010

Journal / Book Title

College and Research Libraries

Abstract

Using data from the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, this paper examines earnings in the library science labor market and assesses the impact of gender on the income attainment process. We use this cross-sectional dataset to determine if there are significant income differences between male and female library science professionals. The approach taken in this paper is to build a theoretical model of income attainment for librarians. We then discuss the methodology used to analyze the data and test the model, followed by a discussion of the results and recommendations for further research.

Comments

This article is Open Access and distributed under a Creative Commons 4.0 license.

DOI

10.5860/0710171

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Sweeper, Darren L. and Smith, Steven A., "Assessing the impact of gender and race on earnings in the library science labor market." (2010). Sprague Library Scholarship and Creative Works. 14.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/spraguelib-facpubs/14

Published Citation

Sweeper, D., & Smith, S. A. (2010). Assessing the impact of gender and race on earnings in the library science labor market. College & Research Libraries, 71(2), 171-183.