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How Is the Career Choice of a Medical Speciality Dependent on Gender Inequality in the Region

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  • Lenka Slegerova

    (Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)

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Using a unique survey of almost 2,000 Czech and Slovak medical students run in 2020 and 2021, the paper investigates whether gender inequality and stereotypes as proxied by the gender unemployment rate gap drive students' choices of specialities. The data suggest that the higher the gender unemployment rate gap in the region (by 1 p.p.), the higher the probability its permanent residents choose a respective gender-dominated speciality (by 3.9 p.p.). This effect is driven by men in the sample. However, women report significantly more frequently encountering discrimination during the undergraduate training (41% vs 23%), presumably influencing their speciality choices. The study demonstrates the need to combat the prevalent gender stereotypes and discriminatory behaviour.

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  • Lenka Slegerova, 2022. "How Is the Career Choice of a Medical Speciality Dependent on Gender Inequality in the Region," Working Papers IES 2022/12, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, revised Jun 2022.
    • Handle: RePEc:fau:wpaper:wp2022_12
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    Keywords

    gender inequality; medical speciality choice; unemployment gap;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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