A study in Great Britain found that women doctors are much more likely than male doctors to be in the field of all-purpose family medicine, choosing not to pursue additional training in one of the specialties (surgery, for example). It also found that half of the female doctors in family medicine worked part-time, while only 10 percent of the males in family medicine did so.

There are many factors that may explain those findings. Focusing only on human capital theory, analyze why the theory of schooling from chapter 7 would predict that the two could be related.