The Gender Pay Gap in UK Medicine

Melanie K. Jones () and Ezgi Kaya
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Melanie K. Jones: Cardiff University

No 14177, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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.

Keywords: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings; public sector; medicine; gender pay gap; wage decompositions; wage distribution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 J45 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2021-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-gen and nep-lma
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Published - published as 'The gender pay gap in medicine: evidence from Britain' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2024, 76 (4), 1033 - 1051

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