A New Approach to Measuring Gender-bias Issues for Medical Professionals

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25K00645
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 07050:Public economics and labor economics-related
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	Chen Stacey 東京大学, 大学院公共政策学連携研究部・教育部, 教授 (40785680)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	臼井恵美子一橋大学, 経済研究所, 教授 (50467263)
Project Period (FY)	2025-04-01 – 2030-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
Budget Amount *help	¥8,450,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,950,000) Fiscal Year 2029: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2028: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000)
Keywords	healthcare / residency matching / gender / self selection / discrimination
Outline of Research at the Start	We use administrative data from Japan and Taiwan to investigate whether female medical students and doctors get the same residency training and job opportunities as their male counterparts. We aim to add to academic discussions and improve our understanding of gender issujavascript:onSave();es and the doctor shortage.