The gender earnings gap for physicians and its increase over time

► Male physicians earn 13% more than female physicians at the outset of their careers. ► This gap increases over the first eight years to 28% and stabilizes thereafter. ► Conflicting evidence on the wage gap in medicine stems from the earnings measure used. ► Hourly earnings masks the wage gap due to compositional differences in hours worked. ► Yearly earnings controlling for hours worked reveals the true wage gap.