The shortage of registered nurses and some new estimates of the effects of wages on registered nurses labor supply: a look at the past and a preview of the 21st century

Chiha, Yvana A.; Link, Charles R.

doi:10.1016/s0168-8510(02)00197-5

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“…Some studies based on individual data apply Tobit models for the estimation of working hours (Sloan and Richupan, 1975;Link and Settle, 1979;Link and Settle, 1981a). In later studies, Heckman selection models are used to estimate the number of supplied working hours while accounting for the participation decision (Link, 1992;Ault and Rutmann, 1994;Chiha and Link, 2003). The use of panel data is rare, given the scarcity of panel data on nurses.…”

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Nurses’ labour supply elasticities: The importance of accounting for extensive margins

Hanel

Kalb

Scott

2014

Journal of Health Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. www.econstor.eu ABSTRACT Nurses' Labour Supply Elasticities: The Importance of Accounting for Extensive Margins * Many countries face a continuing shortage in nurses' labour supply. Previous research suggests that nurses respond only weakly to changes in wages. We estimate a multi-sector model of nursing qualification holders' labour supply in different occupations. A structural approach allows us to model the labour force participation decision, the occupational and shift-type choice, and the decision about hours worked as a joint outcome following from maximizing a utility function. Disutility from work is allowed to vary by occupation and also by shift type in the utility function. Furthermore, we allow the preference parameters in the utility function to vary by certain family characteristics and personality. Our results suggest that average wage elasticities might be higher than previous research has found. This is mainly due to the effect of wages on the decision to enter or exit the profession, which was not included in the previous literature, rather than from its effect on increased working hours for those who already work in the profession. We find that the negative labour supply elasticities with respect to income are higher for nurses with children, while the positive elasticities with respect to wages are higher for low-qualified, older and childless nurses. Elasticities do not appear to vary by personality trait. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E S JEL Classification:J22, J24, I10, I11

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Nurses’ labour supply elasticities: The importance of accounting for extensive margins

Hanel

Kalb

Scott

2014

Journal of Health Economics

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“…Also, high workload can increase pressure on workers and therefore increase quitting rates. Generally, age and quitting are held to be inversely related, as age correlates with length of service and the acquisition of firm-specific capital leading to higher pay [9,11]. However, this generalisation need not hold true always.…”

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“…Many countries, such as the UK, the USA, and Finland, currently are experiencing a shortage of registered nurses (RNs) [9,30]. The mismatch between labour supply and demand (oversupply or shortage) can exist within a single organisation, in either the public or the private sector as a whole, or in the overall labour market for nurses.…”

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Nurses’ intentions to leave nursing in Finland

Kankaanranta

Rissanen

2007

Eur J Health Econ

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The shortage of nurses is a problem in many countries. We examined how factors related to wage, work, job satisfaction/dissatisfaction, and workplace or demographic factors were associated with nurses' intentions to switch from health care to non-health-care roles. Wage and share of income from shift work were negatively and statistically significantly related to nurses' intention to leave the health care sector. However, some non-pecuniary variables, such as Possibility for Specialisation gained a positive, statistically significant association with job satisfaction and thereby decreased intention to change work sector. Therefore, not only economic factors influence the labour supply of nurses.

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“…Wages: The impact of wage appears to be mixed. In their literature review of wage elasticity in the nursing labour supply, Chiha et al 51 and Antonazzo et al 52 found that most of the studies indicate a weak positive relationship between wages and labour supply. In other words, an increase in the wage will not lead to a substantial increase in labour participation.…”

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Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining an Effective Nursing Workforce in Nigeria

Aliyu¹,

Mathew²,

Paul³

et al. 2014

IOSRJNHS

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The shortage of registered nurses and some new estimates of the effects of wages on registered nurses labor supply: a look at the past and a preview of the 21st century

Cited by 56 publications

References 26 publications

Nurses’ labour supply elasticities: The importance of accounting for extensive margins

Nurses’ labour supply elasticities: The importance of accounting for extensive margins

Nurses’ intentions to leave nursing in Finland

Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining an Effective Nursing Workforce in Nigeria

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