The effects of pay and job satisfaction on the labour supply of hospital consultants

Health Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1303-1318

  Ikenwilo, Divine ^a   Scott, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consultants; Endogenous regressor; Instrumental variables; Labour supply; National Health Service

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; CONSULTANTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SCOTLAND; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STATE MEDICINE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 38049080569     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1220     Document Type: Article

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