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Episode 8: Are Female Surgeons Discriminated? -- with Heather Sarsons

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Does a person's gender influence the way we interpret information about his or her ability? Heather Sarsons tests this hypothesis in a unique setting using Medicare data on referrals from physicians to surgical specialists. She finds that the referring physicians view their patients' surgical outcomes differently depending on whether the surgeon is a man or a woman.

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    Paper:

    "Interpreting Signals in the Labor Market: Evidence from Medical Referrals" by Heather Sarsons
    https://drive.google.com/file/d/12LI5b4Xg7DlNWt-ml2qw-PaMHlihdl0V/view

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