Association of a Simulated Institutional Gender Equity Initiative With Gender-Based Disparities in Medical School Faculty Salaries and Promotions.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite progress in narrowing gender-based salary gaps, notable disparities persist in the scientific community. The significance of pay difference may be underestimated, with little data evaluating its effect on lifetime wealth after accounting for factors like time to promotion and savings.

Objectives

To characterize gender disparities in salary and assess the outcomes associated with a gender equity initiative (GEI).

Design, setting, and participants

Quality improvement study with simulations of salary and additional accumulated wealth (AAW) using retrospectively reviewed Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine annual salary and promotion data. All academic faculty were included in the faculty salary analysis from 2005 (n = 1481) and 2016 (n = 1885).

SUBMITTER: Rao AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature