Unequal Pay for Equal Work: The Gender Gap in Academic Medicine
Authors: Christine Laine, Barbara J. Turner
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2004)

Editorials3 August 2004Unequal Pay for Equal Work: The Gender Gap in Academic MedicineChristine Laine, MD, MPH, Senior Deputy Editor and Barbara J. Turner, MD, MSEdChristine Laine, MD, MPH, Senior Deputy EditorFrom American College of Physicians and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. and Barbara J. Turner, MD, MSEdFrom American College of Physicians and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-141-3-200408030-00019 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Arbitrators recently awarded $2.2 million to a woman whose employer, a large brokerage firm, systematically paid women less than men for similar work (1). Such discrimination is not unique to the world of high finance. Things seem to be much worse in medicine. In June 2004, the U.S. Census Bureau released an analysis of the earnings of full-time workers that reported that female physicians' wages averaged 63 cents for every dollar earned by their male colleagues (2). The Census Bureau report was limited in that it did not examine factors, such as specialty, practice setting, seniority, and performance, that are ...References1. McGeehan P. Merrill Lynch ordered to pay for sexual bias. The New York Times. 21 April 2004:1. Google Scholar2. Weinberg DH. Evidence from Census 2000 about Earnings by Detailed Occupation for Men and Women. Census 2000 Special Reports. Washington, DC: U.S. Census Bureau; 2004. Google Scholar3. Bickel J, Croft K, Marshall R. Enhancing the Environment for Women in Academic Medicine. Washington: Association of American Medical Colleges; 1996. Google Scholar4. Ash AS, Carr PL, Goldstein R, Friedman RH. Compensation and advancement of women in academic medicine: is there equity? Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:205-12. 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