Gender pay gap in a highly qualified sector: evidence from administrative data

Nina Giordano (), Cecilia Parada () and Mijail Yapor
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Nina Giordano: Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos
Cecilia Parada: Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economía

No 23-21, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Instituto de Economía - IECON

Abstract: This paper studies the existence of gender pay gaps within the highly skilled profession of medicine in Uruguay. We focus on understanding whether the way an occupation is structured may impact income equality. We use administrative data from the Human Resources Control and Analysis System (SCARH) database, published by the Ministry of Public Health of Uruguay. We estimate the gross and conditional gender pay gaps among physicians for the entire period between 2008 and 2018. Furthermore, we evaluated two potential mechanisms that could explain part of the differences in physician earnings, specifically horizontal segregation (the concentration of women in certain specialities with lower salaries) and vertical segregation (the under representation of women in top hierarchical positions). Our results indicate differences in labour income between female and male physicians, and that horizontal and vertical segregation play a role in explaining these gaps.Length: 33 pages

Keywords: gender pay gaps; highly prestigious occupations; physicians; segregation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J24 J31 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-09
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