Are Foreign-Trained Nurses Perfect Substitutes for U.S.-Trained Nurses

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ID7802480
AutoresNeeraj Kaushal (0000-0001-6466-1367, autor correspondente), Robert Kaestner (0000-0002-5196-8690, University of Illinois Chicago), Robert J Kaestner (Neeraj Kaushal is an Associate Professor at Columbia University. Robert J. Kaestner is a Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.)
Ano2015
Volume68
Fascículo5
Páginas1102-1125
Data de publicação2015-10-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0019793915592624
OpenAlexW2238879136
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas16

The authors investigate whether foreign- and U.S.-trained nurses are substitutes by studying the differences in their wages and whether wage differentials respond to relative supplies of foreign- and U.S.-trained nurses. Regression estimates suggest that foreign-trained nurses without a bachelor’s degree enjoy a wage premium of 1 to 3% over similar U.S.-trained nurses after adjusting for demographic, workplace, work type, and geographic differences, but no wage difference remains among those with a bachelor’s degree. For all nurses combined, the wage difference is modest and statistically insignificant. This result suggests that foreign- and U.S.-trained nurses are equally productive and close substitutes. The authors also test explicitly for whether foreign- and U.S.-trained nurses are substitutes and cannot reject the hypothesis that they are

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