RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Relative Quality of Foreign-Educated Nurses in the United States
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 1009
OP 1050
DO 10.3368/jhr.50.4.1009
VO 50
IS 4
A1 Cortés, Patricia
A1 Pan, Jessica
YR 2015
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/50/4/1009.abstract
AB We examine the relative quality of foreign-educated nurses using wages as a measure of skill. Philippine-educated nurses enjoy a wage premium that is not explained by observed differences in worker or job characteristics. We reconcile the results with a Roy model featuring endogenous skill acquisition and provide some empirical evidence of double-selection into nursing and migration. Our results suggest that the wage premium is likely driven by strong positive selection into nursing among Filipinos resulting from high and heterogeneous returns to the occupation due to active government support for nurse migration in the Philippines.