Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP6803
Authors: Juan José Dolado; Florentino Felgueroso
Abstract: There are relevant gender differences in the labour-market status of health sciences graduates in Spain: (i) female physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the monopsonistic features of the labour market of health-care professionals. This provides an interesting case study since, among all university graduates, Spanish physicians are the ones most often coupled to partners with the same educational level and/or same type of studies.
Keywords: gender; mismatch; monopsony; moonlighting; physicians
JEL Codes: J24; J42; J44; J61; J70
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| gender (J16) | occupational mismatch (J68) |
| monopsony (J42) | occupational mismatch (J68) |
| gender (J16) | moonlighting (Y60) |
| educational level and employment status of partners (I24) | occupational adjustment (J68) |
| age (J14) | occupational adjustment (men) (J68) |
| underage children (J13) | occupational adjustment (women) (J29) |
| geographical mobility (J62) | occupational adjustment (women) (J29) |