The physician gender pay gap is an engineering problem
The physician gender pay gap persists after adjustment for specialty, hours, and productivity. A 2016 study in JAMA Internal Medicine found female physicians earned roughly $20,000 less per year than male counterparts after extensive controls. Subsequent analyses confirm similar patterns across specialties and career stages. Most of this literature treats the gap as evidence of discrimination. That framing identifies the problem but offers no mechanism and few remedies.
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The physician gender pay gap is an engineering problem
