November 06, 2024

A story from USA Today on America's highest-paying careers focuses primarily on the research of Harris Professor Joshua Gottlieb, co-director of the Becker-Friedman Institute's Health Economics Initiative and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. 

“There is a lot of training and long work hours that go into the job, and that is naturally associated with higher earnings,” said Joshua Gottlieb, a University of Chicago economist involved in the research.  

"Gottlieb and his colleagues found that, within the medical profession, doctors tend to earn more in specialties that require more training and longer hours. Each extra year of training, for example, translates to $143,000 in additional annual income." 

Read the full story here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/06/doctor-physician-salary-high-why/75969535007/

Professor Joshua Gottlieb
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Joshua Gottlieb
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Joshua Gottlieb is an economist and Professor at the University of Chicago, in the Harris School of Public Policy. He is Co-Director of the Becker-Friedman Institute's Health Economics Initiative and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Gottlieb is an...