Too few doctors or too low wages? Labor supply of health care professionals in China

China Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 150-164

  Qin, Xuezheng ^a   Li, Lixing ^a   Hsieh, Chee Ruey ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

China; Health care professionals; Labor supply; Wage elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871794915     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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