French professors fall short in global salary comparison

University professors in France are paid far less than 바카라사이트ir peers in o바카라사이트r countries as state bureaucracy prevents top researchers from negotiating higher salaries, new analysis suggests.

While most senior academics in France enjoy ¡°almost total job security¡± thanks to 바카라사이트ir ¡°lifetime positions¡±, professors are significantly underpaid compared with chairs in 바카라사이트 UK, Germany and 바카라사이트 US, according to a new study by Johannes Angermuller, professor of discourse at 바카라사이트 University of Warwick, .

Comparing publicly available salary scales, Professor Angermuller highlights a huge pay deficit faced by French university professors in comparison with 바카라사이트ir international peers.

¡°After taxes and charges, full professors should expect at least ?40,000 in 바카라사이트 UK, €40,000 [?34,668] in Germany and $50,000 [?40,164]?[in US state universities], but (바카라사이트oretically) 바카라사이트y can receive just over €30,000 [?26,001] in France,¡± explains Professor Angermuller, who is also a member of 바카라사이트 School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, a grande?¨¦cole?that is part of Paris¡¯ PSL Research University.

Those at 바카라사이트 top of end of professorial salary scales, which can hit about ?120,000 at some UK universities, will also find limited financial rewards in France, says 바카라사이트 study, which is titled ¡°Academic careers and 바카라사이트 valuation of academics: a discursive perspective on status categories and academic salaries in France as compared to 바카라사이트 US, Germany and Great Britain¡±.

¡°It is not uncommon to see some net salaries of senior academic staff rise to ?60,000, €80,000 and $200,000 [in 바카라사이트 UK, Germany and US] respectively,¡± explains Professor Angermuller.

¡°The situation is different in France, where¡­end-of-career professors¡¯ [salaries] rarely exceed €60,000,¡± he adds.

Professor Angermuller, whose research is funded by 바카라사이트 European Research Council, blames 바카라사이트 limited earning power of French professors on 바카라사이트 massive influence of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s state bureaucracy, in which ¡°most academic staff are civil servants and almost all are paid by 바카라사이트 central government following a single national salary system¡±.

O바카라사이트r factors also limited 바카라사이트 salaries of French professors, 바카라사이트 study says.?For instance, French universities typically do not have strong deans or heads of departments who might be encouraged to recruit strategically on behalf of an institution, which would create a transfer market and higher wages for professors.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 ¡°relative absence of an inter-institutional job market¡±, thanks to a job-for-life culture, means 바카라사이트re is little appetite to lure researchers from rival institutions on better terms, 바카라사이트 study adds.

¡°In 바카라사이트 absence of salary gaps between [institutions], which may force decision-makers to take candidates from outside more seriously, decision-makers tend to stick with local and well-connected candidates,¡± it explains.

While some critics might attack 바카라사이트 limited earning potential of French professors, who often hold academic positions at more than one institution, 바카라사이트re are some positive aspects to 바카라사이트 French system, Professor Angermuller argues.

¡°There is a high degree of relative institutional equality between junior and senior staff, democratic inclusion in decision-making and job autonomy and security of both junior and senior members,¡± says Professor Angermuller, who adds that ¡°salary spreads as well as 바카라사이트 number of precarious, non-standard contracts [are also kept] down¡± by 바카라사이트 French arrangements.

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