PURPOSE Studies have suggested that male physicians earn more than their female counterparts. The authors examined whether this disparity exists in a recently hired cohort. METHOD In 2010-2011, the authors surveyed recent recipients of National Institutes of Health (NIH) mentored career development (i.e., K08 or K23) awards, receiving responses from 1,275 (75% response rate). For the 1,012 ph...

In equal employment cases it is important to compare the salary, hiring or promotion status of minority employees or applicants to that of similarly qualified majority members. Standard regression methods include a binary variable indicating minority status along with major job-related variables to assess whether belonging to a minority has a negative effect. Implicitly, this method assumes tha...

This survey serves as the eighth in a series of toxicology salary surveys conducted at 3-year intervals and beginning in 1988. An electronic survey instrument was distributed to 5800 individuals including members of the Society of Toxicology, American College of Toxicology, and 23 additional professional organizations. Question items inquired about gender, age, degree, years of experience, cert...

Using data from a survey of the Irish academic labour market, this paper examines whether or not females in the Irish academic system are paid less than comparable males. Variables which adjust for comparability include academic discipline, qualifications, research output, teaching and adminis­ trative experience, and career-breaks. The results, which support the findings of similar studies bas...

This thesis seeks to understand the relationships between salary, non-monetary factors, and job satisfaction in the labor market. It applies lessons from both economic theory and sociological research as it contextualizes and studies these different aspects of the labor market. In a regression comparing salary and non-monetary factors, only two out of 16 dummy variables are statistically signif...

In this paper, a salary-plus-bonus incentive mechanism is proposed to motivate WiFi Access Points (APs) to provide data offloading service for mobile network operators (MNOs). Under the proposed salary-plus-bonus scheme, WiFi APs are rewarded not only based on offloaded data volume but also based on the quality of their offloading service. The interactions between WiFi APs and the MNO under thi...

OBJECTIVE To examine gender differences in initial and long-term salary and practice ownership expectations among first-year veterinary students. DESIGN Survey. SAMPLE First-year veterinary students at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine during 2000 through 2003 and 2005 through 2009. PROCEDURES A 1-page survey was distributed to students during orientation ...