Schurer, S.Kuehnle, D.Scott, A.Cheng, T.2016-11-012016-11-012016Industrial Relations: a journal of economy and society, 2016; 55(3):385-4140019-86761468-232Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/102058First published: 1 June 2016We examine the size and determinants of the family earnings gap for Australian general practitioners (GPs). Female GPs with children earn more than $30,000 less than comparable female GPs without children, while male GPs with children earn more than $45,000 more than comparable male GPs without children. The main determinants of the family gap are differences in observable characteristics such as working hours, labor-force attachment, and demographics, and additionally, for men, entrepreneurship and practice size. A fixed-effects extension of the analysis confirms both the carer effect of children on female GPs and the breadwinner effect of children on male GPs.en© 2016 Regents of the University of California Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Journal article003004978610.1111/irel.121430003772061000012-s2.0-85011369908254507