Female pediatricians paid 76 cents for every US$1 paid to men

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(Reuters Health) - Women in pediatrics still earn less than men even with similar levels of experience and even after accounting for the ...

- Women in pediatrics still earn less than men even with similar levels of experience and even after accounting for the disproportionate amount of time they devote to unpaid work at home, two new studies suggest.

"This remaining gap may be attributable to ongoing gender discrimination in the workplace," Raj said by email. "Women still tend to earn less than men while spending more time than men on household responsibilities," said Dr. Amy Starmer, a co-author of the wage study and a researcher at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital.

Women in pediatrics were more likely than male pediatricians to report having primary responsibility for household tasks like cleaning, cooking, and routine child care, the analysis of results from a 2015 survey of about 1,300 pediatricians found.

 

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