What factors influence the earnings of general practitioners and medical specialists? Evidence from the medicine in Australia: Balancing employment and life survey

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1300-1317

  Cheng, Terence Chai ^a   Scott, Anthony ^a   Jeon, Sung Hee ^a   Kalb, Guyonne ^a   Humphreys, John ^b   Joyce, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

decomposition; earnings; general practitioners; hedonic regression; specialists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AFTER-HOURS CARE; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84867099657     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1791     Document Type: Article

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