Inside Medical Marriages: The Effect of Gender on Income.

Hinze, Susan Waldoch

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ERIC Number: EJ614121

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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Inside Medical Marriages: The Effect of Gender on Income.

Hinze, Susan Waldoch

Work and Occupations: An International Sociological Journal, v27 n4 p464-99 Nov 2000

Effects of gender on income were examined for 321 physicians married to physicians. Family context explains more of the income gap. Despite similar human capital investments and labor market position, women married to doctors tend to focus on family and men married to doctors tend to focus on career. (Contains 83 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Dual Career Family, Family Work Relationship, Gender Issues, Human Capital, Marriage, Physicians, Salary Wage Differentials, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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