Industrial Relations
Volume 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 406-428

Immigration of nurses (Article)

Kalist D. , Spurr S.* , Wada T.
  • a Department of Economics, Shippensburg University, United States, Department of Economics, Wayne State University, United States
  • b Department of Economics, Shippensburg University, United States, Department of Economics, Wayne State University, United States
  • c Department of Economics, Shippensburg University, United States, Department of Economics, Wayne State University, United States

Abstract

This paper examines the effects of immigration on a specific occupation, registered nurses (RNs). To learn whether immigrant nurses reduced the earnings of RNs, we applied techniques developed by Goldin (1994) and Borjas, Freeman, and Katz (1996), but found the effect of immigrant penetration either positive or insignificant. We also found that the supply of immigrant RNs was far more elastic than the supply coming from natives.It is often argued that it will be hard to detect negative effects on wages and employment of natives in local markets, because natives will avoid a market which many immigrants have entered. This study finds no support for this hypothesis in this market, based on data that measures the rate of entry of RNs exactly. We find no adverse effect of immigration on native workers in this occupation. © 2010 Regents of the University of California.

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Index Keywords

labor migration health worker immigration labor supply labor market employment migrant worker wage determination
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2010.00607.x
ISSN: 00198676
Cited by: 3
Original Language: English