Differences in income between male and female physicians. Academic Article

abstract

• Previous studies suggest that female physicians earn less on average from the practice of medicine than their male counterparts even after differences in personal characteristics are taken into account. In our study of sex differences in physician earnings, we estimate hourly earnings equations for 1982 using a specification that controls for differences in personal characteristics between male and female physicians more completely than the specification used in previous studies. We also employ more precise estimators for the unexplained earnings differential. Our results suggest that previous studies have overstated the unexplained differential in hourly earnings. We find that female physicians in 1982 earned 12-13 percent less than male physicians due to discrimination or unexplained factors.

authors

• Ohsfeldt, Robert

published proceedings

• J Health Econ

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Ohsfeldt, R. L., & Culler, S. D.

citation count

• 58

complete list of authors

• Ohsfeldt, RL||Culler, SD

publication date

• January 1986

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Health Economics  Journal

keywords

• Data Collection
• Economics, Medical
• Female
• Humans
• Income
• Male
• Models, Theoretical
• Physicians, Women
• Salaries And Fringe Benefits
• Sex Factors
• United States

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0167-6296(86)90008-1

start page

• 335

end page

• 346

volume

• 5

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-6296(86)90008-1