For public service or money: Understanding geographical imbalances in the health workforce in Ethiopia
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- dc.contributor.author Serneels, Pieterca
- dc.contributor.author Lindelow, Magnusca
- dc.contributor.author Garcia Montalvo, Joséca
- dc.contributor.author Barr, Abigailca
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-26T10:50:49Z
- dc.date.available 2017-07-26T10:50:49Z
- dc.date.issued 2006-11-01
- dc.date.modified 2017-07-23T02:10:48Z
- dc.description.abstract Geographical imbalances in the health workforce have been a consistent feature of nearly all health systems, and especially in developing countries. In this paper we investigate the willingness to work in a rural area among final year nursing and medical students in Ethiopia. Analyzing data obtained from contingent valuation questions, we find that household consumption and the student s motivation to help the poor, which is our proxy for intrinsic motivation, are the main determinants of willingness to work in a rural area. We investigate whoe is willing to help the poor and find that women are significantly more likely than men. Other variables, including a rich set of psychosocial characteristics, are not significant. Finally, we carry out some simulation on how much it would cost to make the entire cohort of starting nurses and doctors chooseto take up a rural post.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=989
- dc.identifier.citation Health Policy and Planning, forthcoming
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/921
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 989
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- dc.subject.keyword health care delivery
- dc.subject.keyword health workers
- dc.subject.keyword labour supply
- dc.subject.keyword public service
- dc.subject.keyword Macroeconomics and International Economics
- dc.title For public service or money: Understanding geographical imbalances in the health workforce in Ethiopiaca
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