Does California Project the Future of Dentistry?

ABSTRACT

If trends continue, the majority of U.S. dental students will soon be women. However, there is little empirical analysis examining gender differences in the labor supply of dentists and the potential effects on the dental care sector. We help fill this data void by examining differences in dentists' hours worked by gender, how this has changed over time and the potential implications for the current and future aggregate labor supply of dentists in California.