The gender earnings gap for physicians and its increase over time

Economics Letters

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-41

  Esteves Sorenson, Constança ^a   Snyder, Jason ^b  

^a YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Medicine; Sample composition; Wage disparity; Wage measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856797667     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.133     Document Type: Article

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