University of Oslo, Norway.
Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2004;3(4):273-80. doi: 10.2165/00148365-200403040-00010.
It is argued that increasing wages will not only attract more nurses to the health sector, but also increase the number of hours worked for those already there. This article focuses on the response of registered nurses employed in the public sector when they are allowed to endogenously choose between jobs in hospitals and primary care and between day and shift work. A structural labour supply model is estimated on Norwegian micro-data with job-specific wages and hours. The simulation of an overall public wage increase indicates a reduction in total hours. Thus, in contrast to the claim, the income effect seems to dominate in the labour supply of health sector employees.
有人认为，提高工资不仅会吸引更多的护士进入医疗行业，还会增加现有护士的工作时间。本文关注的是，当公立医院的注册护士可以在医院和初级保健之间以及在白班和倒班之间自主选择工作时，她们的反应。本文使用挪威微观数据，通过特定工作的工资和工作时间来估计结构劳动力供给模型。对总体公共工资增长的模拟表明总工作时间减少。因此，与这一说法相反，在卫生部门员工的劳动力供给中，收入效应似乎占据主导地位。
