Gender pay equity researcher Margrét Vilborg Bjarnadóttir, PhD, at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is available to extend the discussion related to tens of thousands of women in Iceland striking on October 24, 2023, to…
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The best way to close gender pay gaps is to find the source of unfair pay
New research shows that identifying the drivers of unequal pay is the fastest and fairest way to close gender pay gaps.
Salary Transparencies Spur Universities to Pay Females More Equitably
Publicly available salary information prompts organizations to reduce the gender pay gap, according to a new study from the University of California San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy.
Is transparency the right path to equal pay?
An Arizona State University business professor examines how a new law in the United Kingdom deals with gender pay gap, and whether it can benefit the American workforce.
Women earn less than men overall, but the gender pay gap is smaller in occupations with a higher ratio of male employees, according to study of over 6,000 Germans
Women earn less than men overall, but the gender pay gap is smaller in occupations with a higher ratio of male employees, according to study of over 6,000 Germans Press-only preview: https://plos.io/3Of0cIM Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0270343 Article Title: The gender pay gap is smaller…
Among physicians, men make more than women. How do we change that?
A new report finds women physicians across all races and ethnicities earn less than their male counterparts. This new data reinforces that academic medicine must find a better approach to how they pay physicians. The authors of a NEJM perspective lay out some potential solutions.
Maryland Smith Researcher to Present ‘People Analytics and Closing Demographic Pay Gaps’
Maryland Smith’s Margret Bjarnadottir will discuss her research in a free webinar, “People Analytics and Closing Demographic Pay Gaps,” on July 8, 2021.
Physician practices with more female doctors have smallest gender pay gaps
• A study shows female physicians have more equitable income when they work in practices with more doctors who are women.
• The analysis shows a 12 percent relative difference in income for practices with equal numbers of female and male physicians, compared with a 20 percent income difference in practices dominated by men.
• The findings offer important evidence that workplace diversity can help reduce earnings gaps, other inequities.
Cause of gap in starting pay between male and female physicians still inconclusive
When taking into account factors such as work-life balance, the pay difference between new male and female physicians is still largely unaccounted for, according to findings that were published Jan. 22 ahead of print and will also appear in the February issue of the journal Health Affairs.
Structured, salary-only compensation plan for physicians is a model for pay equity, Mayo Clinic study finds
Gender pay equity in the field of medicine remains elusive. Gender-based pay differences have been shown to persist, even when controlling for experience, clinical productivity, academic rank and other factors. These inequities result in significantly lower lifetime earnings, job burnout and negative attitudes toward work, and adverse effects on the profession and society.