Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/67156 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7017
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data from a new longitudinal survey of doctors from Australia, the authors test whether observed large gender-pay gaps among general practitioners (GPs) are the result of women's larger willingness to interrupt their careers. On average, female GPs earn A$83,000 or 54% less than male GPs. The difference between men and women with children is A$105,000, and A$45,000 for men and women without children. Of this gap, 66-75% is explained by differences in observable characteristics such as hours worked. The family gap emerges also within the sexes. Female GPs with children experience an earnings penalty of A$15,000-A$25,000 in comparison to women without children; almost 100% of this difference is due to observable characteristics such as hours worked and career interruptions. Male GPs with children experience a family premium of A$35,000 in comparison to men without children, indicating the presence of a breadwinner effect that exacerbates the gender-earnings gap.
Subjects: 
gender-earnings gap
family-earnings gap
labour force attachment
decomposition methods
family physicians
MABEL
JEL: 
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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