Kehrer, Barbara H. 1976. "Factors Affecting the Incomes of Men and Women Physicians: An Exploratory Analysis." Journal of Human Resources 11(4):526-545.

Income differences between men and women physicians are analyzed using data from the American Medical Association's 1973 Eighth Periodic Survey of Physicians. While women tend to possess less favorable professional characteristics in terms of income-earning potential, the returns to many characteristics associated with higher incomes are greater for women than for men. Additional evidence on differences in weekly hours worked is presented in an effort to explain the lower incomes of women doctors.

The author is Senior Economist, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, New Jersey. An earlier version of this paper was presented to the annual meetings of the Southern Economic Association, Atlanta, Ga., November 15, 1974, at which time the author was Director, Department of Economic Research, Center for Health Services Research and Development, American Medical Association. I am indebted to John McFarland, Richard Odem, Stephen Vahovich, and other former colleagues too numerous to mention by name for many useful comments and suggestions. I also wish to thank Martha Blaxall, David Chu, Philip Held, Larry Manheim, John Marshall, Joseph Newhouse, and Charles Wolin for comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. Finally, two anonymous referees and the editor provided stimulating reviews that helped shape the final form of the paper. I, of course, retain responsibility for any remaining errors.

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