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In Reply: Dr Schlegel is dissatisfied that we compared different subspecialties with one another. To test the hypothesis that a match results in lower wages, we looked for a set of comparable markets, only some of which use a centralized match. We compared all internal medicine subspecialties, and found no systematic difference in wages between subspecialties that use a match and those that do not.

Schlegel proposes that the appropriate comparison would be between the wages paid to fellows in the same fellowship program, some of whom are recruited within the subspecialty match and some of whom are recruited outside it. He suspects this test would also fail to detect any wage differences. Without data we cannot tell. But even if wage differences were found, they would be difficult to interpret. If 2 fellows in the same program were hired by different means, there would likely be some difference between . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Muriel Niederle, PhD
Department of Economics
Stanford University
Palo Alto, Calif

Alvin E. Roth, PhD
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Boston, Mass

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