The gender pay gap in UK medicine

Jones, Melanie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0535-8090 and Kaya, Ezgi ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1909-2649 2021. The gender pay gap in UK medicine. IZA Discussion Paper Series, IZA – Institute of Labor Economics.

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Abstract

In this study we quantify the size and drivers of the contemporary gender pay gap among medical doctors employed in the UK public sector. In using nationally representative data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, we make comparisons to doctors employed in the private sector, as well as to other public sector medical professionals. We find that the substantial 20 per cent hourly gender pay gap among public sector doctors is far larger than in either of these comparator occupations. Decomposing the mean gender pay gap for public sector doctors, we find that it is largely unexplained by personal and work-related characteristics, consistent with evidence of potential substantial gender inequality in rewards. It is at the top end of the wage distribution where this is most pronounced indicating the presence of a ‘glass ceiling’ in UK medicine.

Item Type:	Monograph (UNSPECIFIED)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Publisher:	IZA – Institute of Labor Economics
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 March 2021
Date of Acceptance:	12 March 2021
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2022 10:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/139765

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