Modeling the effects of physician emigration on human development

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-183

  Bhargava, Alok ^a   Docquier, Frédéric ^b   Moullan, Yasser ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Economic development; Human development indicators; Physician emigration; Random effects models; Simultaneity

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIGRATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; VACCINATION;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 79952311646     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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