@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7017, author={Schurer, Stefanie and Kühnle, Daniel and Scott, Anthony and Cheng, Terence Chai}, title={One Man's Blessing, Another Woman's Curse? Family Factors and the Gender-Earnings Gap of Doctors}, year={2012}, month={Nov}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={7017}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7017}, abstract={Using data from a new longitudinal survey of doctors from Australia, the authors test whether observed large gender-pay gaps among general practitioners (GPs) are the result of women's larger willingness to interrupt their careers. On average, female GPs earn A$83,000 or 54% less than male GPs. The difference between men and women with children is A$105,000, and A$45,000 for men and women without children. Of this gap, 66-75% is explained by differences in observable characteristics such as hours worked. The family gap emerges also within the sexes. Female GPs with children experience an earnings penalty of A$15,000-A$25,000 in comparison to women without children; almost 100% of this difference is due to observable characteristics such as hours worked and career interruptions. Male GPs with children experience a family premium of A$35,000 in comparison to men without children, indicating the presence of a breadwinner effect that exacerbates the gender-earnings gap.}, keywords={family physicians;decomposition methods;labour force attachment;family-earnings gap;gender-earnings gap;MABEL}, }