Categorization of Minority Groups in Academic Science and Engineering

Doctorate Recipients to explore how productivity and salary vary across ethnicity for academic scientists and engineers. In particular, this paper differs from previous research because it explicitly explores the impact of two different definitions of minority groups on measures of productivity and compensation patterns among academic scientists and engineers. The results indicate that minority faculty members are significantly more productive than non-minority faculty members only when Asians are included as a part of the minority group. 3