Mobility for care workers: Job changes and wages for nurse aides

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2183-2190

  Ribas, Vanesa ^a   Dill, Janette S ^b   Cohen, Philip N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Care work; Healthcare; Labor market; Low wage; Mobility; Turnover; United States

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; OCCUPATION; TURNOVER; WAGE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; JOB CHANGE; JOB MARKET; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NURSING ASSISTANT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869501724     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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