PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Furtado, Delia
AU  - Ortega, Francesc
TI  - Does Immigration Improve Quality of Care in Nursing Homes?
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.0720-11063R2
DP  - 2023 Jul 06
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 0720-11063R2
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/07/03/jhr.0720-11063R2.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2023/07/03/jhr.0720-11063R2.full
AB  - This paper explores how immigration can help mitigate nursing home staffing shortages, which are likely to worsen as baby boomers age. We show that local increases in immigration lead to fewer falls, less use of restraints, and fewer pressure ulcers among nursing home residents, as well as improvements in other measures of quality of care. Consistent with a labor market explanation, we find that immigration increases the local supply of workers in nursing fields, with the largest effect on the number of nurse aides - the workers primarily responsible for hands-on care in nursing homes.