Foreign nurse importation and the supply of native nurses

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 164-180

  Cortés, Patricia ^a   Pan, Jessica ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Displacement; Foreign nurses; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH WORKER; IMMIGRATION POLICY; OCCUPATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; JOB EXPERIENCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOREIGN PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904329046     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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