For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce
Geographical imbalances in the health workforce have been a consistent feature of nearly all health systems, especially in developing countries. The authors investigate the willingness to work in a rural area among final year nursing and medical students in Ethiopia. Analyzing data obtained from con...
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okr-10986-86102021-04-23T14:02:43Z For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce Serneels, Pieter Lindelöw, Magnus Garcia-Montalvo, Jose Barr, Abigail ATTENTION BENCHMARK CAREER CHOICE CHILDHOOD CONTINGENT VALUATION DOCTORS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC THEORY EMPLOYMENT EQUITY IN ACCESS EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS EXTRINSIC INCENTIVES FAMILY PLANNING GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POSTS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INHABITANTS LEARNING LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION MIDWIFES MIGRATION MORTALITY MOTIVATION NURSES NURSING OPTIMIZATION PARENTS PATIENTS PERSONAL SAFETY PERSONALITY PHARMACIES POLLUTION PROBABILITY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROFESSIONS PUBLIC SECTOR RADIO REASONING RECOGNITION RURAL AREAS SAHARA SCHOOLS SOCIAL ISOLATION SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIALIZATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIZED HOUSING URBAN AREAS UTILITY FUNCTION WAGES WALKING WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS Geographical imbalances in the health workforce have been a consistent feature of nearly all health systems, especially in developing countries. The authors 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, they find that household consumption and the student's motivation to help the poor, which is their proxy for intrinsic motivation, are the main determinants of willingness to work in a rural area. The authors investigate who are willing to help the poor and find that women are significantly more likely to help than men. Other variables, including a rich set of psycho-social characteristics, are not significant. Finally, the authors carry out some simulations on how much it would cost to make the entire cohort of starting nurses and doctors choose to take up a rural post. 2012-06-20T22:18:58Z 2012-06-20T22:18:58Z 2005-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6236945/public-service-or-money-understanding-geographical-imbalances-health-workforce http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8610 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3686 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia |
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ATTENTION BENCHMARK CAREER CHOICE CHILDHOOD CONTINGENT VALUATION DOCTORS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC THEORY EMPLOYMENT EQUITY IN ACCESS EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS EXTRINSIC INCENTIVES FAMILY PLANNING GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POSTS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INHABITANTS LEARNING LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION MIDWIFES MIGRATION MORTALITY MOTIVATION NURSES NURSING OPTIMIZATION PARENTS PATIENTS PERSONAL SAFETY PERSONALITY PHARMACIES POLLUTION PROBABILITY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROFESSIONS PUBLIC SECTOR RADIO REASONING RECOGNITION RURAL AREAS SAHARA SCHOOLS SOCIAL ISOLATION SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIALIZATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIZED HOUSING URBAN AREAS UTILITY FUNCTION WAGES WALKING WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS |
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ATTENTION BENCHMARK CAREER CHOICE CHILDHOOD CONTINGENT VALUATION DOCTORS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC THEORY EMPLOYMENT EQUITY IN ACCESS EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS EXTRINSIC INCENTIVES FAMILY PLANNING GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POSTS HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKFORCE HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INHABITANTS LEARNING LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION MIDWIFES MIGRATION MORTALITY MOTIVATION NURSES NURSING OPTIMIZATION PARENTS PATIENTS PERSONAL SAFETY PERSONALITY PHARMACIES POLLUTION PROBABILITY PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROFESSIONS PUBLIC SECTOR RADIO REASONING RECOGNITION RURAL AREAS SAHARA SCHOOLS SOCIAL ISOLATION SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIALIZATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SUBSIDIZED HOUSING URBAN AREAS UTILITY FUNCTION WAGES WALKING WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS Serneels, Pieter Lindelöw, Magnus Garcia-Montalvo, Jose Barr, Abigail For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce |
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Geographical imbalances in the health workforce have been a consistent feature of nearly all health systems, especially in developing countries. The authors 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, they find that household consumption and the student's motivation to help the poor, which is their proxy for intrinsic motivation, are the main determinants of willingness to work in a rural area. The authors investigate who are willing to help the poor and find that women are significantly more likely to help than men. Other variables, including a rich set of psycho-social characteristics, are not significant. Finally, the authors carry out some simulations on how much it would cost to make the entire cohort of starting nurses and doctors choose to take up a rural post. |
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Serneels, Pieter Lindelöw, Magnus Garcia-Montalvo, Jose Barr, Abigail |
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Serneels, Pieter Lindelöw, Magnus Garcia-Montalvo, Jose Barr, Abigail |
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For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce |
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For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce |
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For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce |
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For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce |
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For Public Service or Money : Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce |
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for public service or money : understanding geographical imbalances in the health workforce |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/08/6236945/public-service-or-money-understanding-geographical-imbalances-health-workforce http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8610 |
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