Gender comparisons of income expectations in the USA at the beginning of medical school during the past 28 years

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1665-1672

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a   Erdmann, James B ^a   Rattner, Susan L ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a   Glaser, Karen ^a   Xu, Gang ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Income expectations; Medical school; Social learning; USA

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; INCOME;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL LEARNING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034091044     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00407-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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