Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian Physicians
Background: In recent decades, the role of women in the organizations of developed and less developed countries has increased, but little is known about gender gap in salaries of Iranian physicians. Aims: To analyze the gender gap in the salary of physicians working in public health sector of Iran...
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| author | Enayatollah Homaie Rad Elham Ehsani-Chimeh Masoumeh Najafi Gharebehlagh Fatemeh Kokabisaghi Satar Rezaei Maryam Yaghoubi |
| author_facet | Enayatollah Homaie Rad Elham Ehsani-Chimeh Masoumeh Najafi Gharebehlagh Fatemeh Kokabisaghi Satar Rezaei Maryam Yaghoubi |
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| description | Background: In recent decades, the role of women in the organizations of developed and less developed countries has increased, but little is known about gender gap in salaries of Iranian physicians.
Aims: To analyze the gender gap in the salary of physicians working in public health sector of Iran and its predicting factors in 2016.
Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Methods: Thirty thousand eight hundred and twenty four records about characteristics of study population were extracted from national human resources for health database. Nearest neighborhood matching technique was used to find adjusted differences of salary between male and female physicians. In addition, by using Oaxaca decomposition method, the reasons for the differences were found.
Results: The results showed that there was a difference of 117 dollars in monthly salaries of male and female physicians in favor of men. Differences in male and female salaries could be predicted by place of work and residency, type of specialty, type of employment and marital status.
Conclusion: Gender gap in physicians’ salaries exists in public health sector of Iran. The payment methods of salaries for men and women should be revised in order to remove the inequalities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f726fcdae6a406182812505a465fc0e2023-02-15T16:11:30ZengGalenos Publishing HouseBalkan Medical Journal2146-31232146-31312019-05-0136316216810.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2018.2018.1082Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian PhysiciansEnayatollah Homaie Rad0Elham Ehsani-Chimeh1Masoumeh Najafi Gharebehlagh2Fatemeh Kokabisaghi3Satar Rezaei4Maryam Yaghoubi5Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, IranNational Institute for Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranErasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NetherlandsSchool of Public Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, IranHealth Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackground: In recent decades, the role of women in the organizations of developed and less developed countries has increased, but little is known about gender gap in salaries of Iranian physicians. Aims: To analyze the gender gap in the salary of physicians working in public health sector of Iran and its predicting factors in 2016. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Methods: Thirty thousand eight hundred and twenty four records about characteristics of study population were extracted from national human resources for health database. Nearest neighborhood matching technique was used to find adjusted differences of salary between male and female physicians. In addition, by using Oaxaca decomposition method, the reasons for the differences were found. Results: The results showed that there was a difference of 117 dollars in monthly salaries of male and female physicians in favor of men. Differences in male and female salaries could be predicted by place of work and residency, type of specialty, type of employment and marital status. Conclusion: Gender gap in physicians’ salaries exists in public health sector of Iran. The payment methods of salaries for men and women should be revised in order to remove the inequalities.http://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php?lang=en&id=2065Gender inequalityIranphysicianssalary |
| spellingShingle | Enayatollah Homaie Rad Elham Ehsani-Chimeh Masoumeh Najafi Gharebehlagh Fatemeh Kokabisaghi Satar Rezaei Maryam Yaghoubi Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian Physicians Balkan Medical Journal Gender inequality Iran physicians salary |
| title | Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian Physicians |
| title_full | Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian Physicians |
| title_fullStr | Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian Physicians |
| title_full_unstemmed | Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian Physicians |
| title_short | Higher Income for Male Physicians: Findings About Salary Differences Between Male and Female Iranian Physicians |
| title_sort | higher income for male physicians findings about salary differences between male and female iranian physicians |
| topic | Gender inequality Iran physicians salary |
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