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ArticleHuman resources for health2021

Narrowing but persisting gender pay gap among employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services during 2010-2018.

Zhuo Chen, Yihong Zhang, Huabin Luo, Donglan Zhang, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Yuheng Wang, Ruoxi Wang, Grace Bagwell-Adams

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Zhuo ChenDepartment of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, 100 Foster Rd, 305B Wright Hall, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America. zchen1@uga.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5351-3489
Yihong ZhangSchool of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China.
Huabin LuoDepartment of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, United States of America.
Donglan ZhangDepartment of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, 100 Foster Rd, 305B Wright Hall, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America.
Janani Rajbhandari-ThapaDepartment of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, 100 Foster Rd, 305B Wright Hall, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America.
Yuheng WangCharles River Associates, Boston, MA, United States of America.
Ruoxi WangSchool of Medicine and Health Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Grace Bagwell-AdamsDepartment of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, 100 Foster Rd, 305B Wright Hall, Athens, GA, 30602, United States of America.

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Abstract

backgroundThe gender pay gap in the United States (US) has narrowed over the last several decades, with the female/male earnings ratio in the US increased from about 60% before the 1980s to about 79% by 2014. However, the gender pay gap among the healthcare workforce persists. The objective of this study is to estimate the gender pay gap in the US federal governmental public health workforce during 2010-2018.

methodsWe used an administrative dataset including annual pay rates and job characteristics of employees of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Employees' gender was classified based on first names. Regression analyses were used to estimate the gender pay gap using the predicted gender.

resultsFemale employees of the DHHS earned about 13% less than men in 2010, and 9.2% less in 2018. Occupation, pay plan, and location explained more than half of the gender pay gap. Controlling for job grade further reduces the gap. The unexplained portion of the gender pay gap in 2018 was between 1.0 and 3.5%. Female employees had a slight advantage in terms of pay increase over the study period.

conclusionsWhile the gender pay gap has narrowed within the last two decades, the pay gap between female and male employees in the federal governmental public health workforce persists and warrants continuing attention and research. Continued efforts should be implemented to reduce the gender pay gap among the health workforce.

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