A Man's Blessing or a Woman's Curse? The Family Earnings Gap of Doctors

Stefanie Schurer; Daniel Kuehnle; Anthony Scott; Terence C Cheng

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A Man's Blessing or a Woman's Curse? The Family Earnings Gap of Doctors

Stefanie Schurer, Daniel Kuehnle, Anthony Scott, Terence C Cheng

Journal of Industrial Relations | WILEY | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1111/irel.12143

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Terence Cheng Author Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

Anthony Scott Author Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

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The authors would like to thank the editor and three anonymous referees for valuable comments. The authors are also grateful for helpful comments from Deborah Cobb-Clark, Hugh Gravelle, and participants of the seminar series at Victoria University of Wellington, University of Melbourne, University of Otago, Australian National University, and Monash University. This research used data from the MABEL longitudinal survey of doctors conducted by the University of Melbourne and Monash University. MABEL is funded by the National Health and Medical Research council. All remaining errors are the authors'.