Premiums and Penalties Among Physicians in Italy: How Gender Affects the Combined Impact of Marital and Parental Status on Pay
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
Premiums and Penalties Among Physicians in Italy: How Gender Affects the Combined Impact of Marital and Parental Status on Pay / C. Gaiaschi. - In: POLIS. - ISSN 1120-9488. - 31:1(2017 Apr 01), pp. 97-125. [10.1424/86081]
Abstract:
This paper focuses on the penalties and premiums associated with marriage and parenthood among physicians. The research is based on a dataset of more than one thousand doctors working in five hospitals in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. The results show that, all else being equal, married fathers report a 15% premium compared to childless single men while married mothers report a 15% penalty compared to single childless women. Marriage and parenthood significantly affect wages only when they are combined together. Moreover, both males' premiums and women' s penalties grow as the number of children increases, but if married fathers' premium occurs from the first child, married mothers' penalty appears only from the second child on.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Medical Careers; Gender Pay Gap; Motherhood Penalty; Fatherhood Premium; Italy
Elenco autori:
C. Gaiaschi
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