new YORK (Reuters Health) – the doctoras-investigadoras

they earn about $ 12,000 less per year than their peers

masculine, even after considering the amount of hours of work

and the specialty.

this wage gap according to the genre is not new, but

among physicians in particular was unknown whether it was to the

different choices in career and work habits.

“surprisingly, even after controlling all those factors,

we find that males had one income greater than women

with the same job”, said Dr. Reshma Jagsi, author

main study from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

with his team, sent them questionnaires to 800

medicos-investigadores from United States who had obtained a

Government Award for his career. had some 45 years and 75

percent was white.

the men earned more than $200,000 per year and

women, about $168,000, according to published team in

Journal of the American Medical Association.

women were more likely to work in specialties

with pay lower, such as Pediatrics and medicine family.

Furthermore, they tended to work a few hours less than their peers

male: 58 versus 63 hours per week.

such occupational differences partly explained the gap

wage. but even after considering the differences by the

personal election, team observed that women were still

winning about $ 12,000 less than men with the same

type and amount of work.

This coincided with studies on medical

beginners, as recalled Anthony Lo Sasso, specialist in

public health and Economics from University of Illinois, Chicago.

indicated ook dat de resultaten veel vragen van laten

reageren.

“komt niet de belangrijkste oorzaak, dat blijft een

puzzel: wat de oorzaken van deze loonkloof

onverklaarbare?”. <p >

an explanation, to the authors, is that women are

less aggressive in negotiating the salary and would have in

has other factors such as the location, to choose a job.

the team estimated that a doctora-investigadora would win some

$ 350,000 less than a man in his career, and to equal

work due to unexplained wage differences.

for Jagsi, a way of reducing this unconscious bias in

institutions is that employers have clear policies

on the determination of wages, something applicable also

outside hospitals and universities.

a study published in April had shown that the

Americans earn 77 cents for every dollar they perceive

men, one difference even greater in certain professions,

such as the management financial.

source: Journal of the American Medical Association, online

12 juni 2012