title: Nurses' labour supply elasticities: the importance of accounting for extensive margins.
abstract: We estimate a multi-sector model of nursing qualification holders' labour supply in different occupations. A structural approach allows us to model the labour force participation decision, the occupational and shift-type choice, and the decision about hours worked as a joint outcome following from maximising a utility function. Disutility from work is allowed to vary by occupation and also by shift type in the utility function. Our results suggest that average wage elasticities might be higher than previous research has found. This is mainly due to the effect of wages on the decision to enter or exit the profession, which was not included in the previous literature, rather than from its effect on increased working hours for those who already work in the profession.
authors: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: bhanel@unimelb.edu.au.
authors: Barbara
authors: B
authors: Hanel
authors: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne, Australia; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Germany.
authors: Guyonne
authors: G
authors: Kalb
authors: Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors: Anthony
authors: A
authors: Scott
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018803:Models, Economic; D009726:Nurses / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: I10; I11; J22; J24; Labour supply; Nursing; Shift work; Wage elasticities