Pay gap between foreign-born and native-born doctors in the United States

Shahina Amin and Bulent Uyar

Applied Economics, 2021, vol. 53, issue 5, 650-662

Abstract: Foreign-born doctors are an integral part of the U.S. labour market for doctors. About 29% of physicians, 24% of dentists, 16% of optometrists and 11% of podiatrists are not born in the United States. This study investigates whether, on average, there is a difference between the earnings of foreign-born doctors and their native-born counterparts, all else equal. The American Community Survey Data from 2006 to 2017 and two measures of doctors’ earnings: wage (and salary) income and total income (includes wages/salaries, business, investment income, etc.) are used. The results indicate that all else constant, all foreign-born doctors earn significantly (p

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2020.1808578

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