Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/296587 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2404
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
The share of female physicians has risen in OECD countries in recent decades, but we know little about the effects of physician gender. We exploit quasi-random assignment of primary care providers (PCPs) to patients and estimate the causal effect of female PCPs on health care provision. Using Austrian register data and a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that female PCPs generate 14% less revenue than male PCPs. This gap is driven by a 6% reduction in the number of patients and a 6.5% decrease in services per patient. Our findings are not consistent with discrimination; instead, female PCPs work fewer hours.
Subjects: 
physician gender
primary care
gender medicine
JEL: 
I11
I12
J16
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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