Returns to Nursing Education: 1970-84
In: The journal of human resources, Volume 23, Issue 3, p. 372
ISSN: 1548-8004
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In: The journal of human resources, Volume 23, Issue 3, p. 372
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: The journal of business, Volume 48, Issue 4, p. 477
ISSN: 1537-5374
In: Eastern economic journal: EEJ, Volume 41, Issue 3, p. 430-442
ISSN: 1939-4632
In: American economic review, Volume 98, Issue 4, p. 1605-1618
ISSN: 1944-7981
Anne Case et al. (2002), using cross-sectional data, found a positive relationship between children's health and income, with income's protective effect increasing with age. Janet Currie and Mark Stabile (2003), using a panel of Canadian children, found that low- and high-SES children respond similarly to health shocks, but the low-SES children are subject to more shocks as they age. Our study examines this relationship using panel data for US children. We find some support for the latter result of Currie and Stabile, but also evidence that low- and high-SES children respond differently to specific health shocks. (JEL D31, I12, J13)
In: Economics of education review, Volume 19, Issue 3, p. 261-277
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: Economics of education review, Volume 10, Issue 4, p. 297-310
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: Economics of education review, Volume 5, Issue 4, p. 373-381
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: Journal of economics and business, Volume 37, Issue 1, p. 49-57
ISSN: 0148-6195
In: The journal of human resources, Volume 14, Issue 1, p. 98
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: The journal of human resources, Volume 14, Issue 2, p. 256
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: The journal of human resources, Volume 11, Issue 3, p. 413
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: The journal of human resources, Volume 10, Issue 1, p. 78
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: The journal of human resources, Volume 16, Issue 2, p. 260
ISSN: 1548-8004
In: Contemporary economic policy: a journal of Western Economic Association International, Volume 38, Issue 1, p. 127-138
ISSN: 1465-7287
We estimate the labor force participation and the full‐time and part‐time work decisions of female registered nurses (RNs) and find higher wages are not a significant factor to (a) increase the likelihood of working nor (b) to encourage full‐time work. Another key factor is age which, given the aging of the RN population, foreshadows dwindling labor supply. This, while demand for RNs is predicted to continue to rise, will exacerbate labor shortages in the market for RNs. The results also offer insight to explain the reduction in labor supply wage elasticities for female workers in general in the United States. (JEL I11, J22, J44)
In: Eastern economic journal: EEJ, Volume 38, Issue 1, p. 99-117
ISSN: 1939-4632