RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Educational Pipeline for Health Care Professionals
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 116
OP 156
DO 10.3368/jhr.45.1.116
VO 45
IS 1
A1 Hinton, Ivora
A1 Howell, Jessica
A1 Merwin, Elizabeth
A1 Stern, Steven N.
A1 Turner, Sarah
A1 Williams, Ishan
A1 Wilson, Melvin
YR 2010
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/45/1/116.abstract
AB The underrepresentation of blacks in the healthcare professions may have direct implications for the health outcomes of minority patients, underscoring the importance of understanding movement through the educational pipeline into professional healthcare careers by race. We jointly model individuals’ postsecondary decisions including enrollment, college type, degree completion, and choosing a healthcare occupation requiring an advanced degree. We estimate the parameters of the model with maximum likelihood using data from the NLS-72. Our results emphasize the importance of pre-collegiate factors and of jointly examining the full chain of educational decisions in understanding the sources of racial disparities in professional healthcare occupations.