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Wage Policies for Health Personnel - Essays on the Wage Impact on Hours of Work and Practice Choice

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Sæther, Erik Magnus () (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research)
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This thesis aims to explore the short-term impact of increased wages on the working hours of health personnel and their practice choice. An additional objective is to identify existing compensating differentials in the job market for health personnel.

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Paper provided by Oslo University, Health Economics Research Programme in its series HERO On line Working Paper Series with number 2005:1.

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Length: 218 pages
Date of creation: 07 Jun 2009
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:oslohe:2005_001

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Keywords: physicians; registered nurses; discrete choice; non-convex budget sets; labor supply; sector-specific wages;

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C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
I10 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - General
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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