title: Geographically differentiated pay in the labour market for nurses.
abstract: This novel application of spatial wage theory to health service labour markets analyses the competitiveness of nurse's pay and how this differs between local labour markets in Britain. A switching regression model is estimated to derive standardised spatial wage differentials (SSWDs) for nurses and their comparators. An SSWD gap is constructed and its relationship to vacancies estimated. A reduction in the gap in a local area is shown to result in an increase in the long-term vacancy rate for National Health Service (NHS) nurses. The competitiveness of nursing pay is shown to have a strong effect on the ability of the NHS to attract and retain nurses.
authors.affiliation: Health Economics Research Unit and Department of Economics, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom. b.elliott@abdn.ac.uk
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.forename: Ada H Y
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005843:Geography; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009726:Nurses / Q000191:economics*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom