The gender earnings gap for physicians and its increase over time

Male physicians outearn women by 13% at the outset of their careers and by 28% eight years later. Conflicting evidence on the existence of a wage gap in medicine stems from the earnings measure used: hourly earnings versus yearly earnings controlling for hours worked.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Esteves-Sorenson, Constança ; Snyder, Jason
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 116.2012, 1, p. 37-41
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Gender \| Wage disparity \| Wage measurement \| Sample composition \| Medicine

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J44 - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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