Effect of immigrant nurses on labor market outcomes of US nurses

Robert Kaestner and Neeraj Kaushal

Journal of Urban Economics, 2012, vol. 71, issue 2, 219-229

Abstract: We study the effect of immigration of foreign-trained, registered nurses (RNs) on the employment and wages of US-trained RNs. We use the “area” approach and study effects of immigration in labor markets defined by the state. We find substantial evidence that immigration by foreign-trained nurses increases the supply of nurses and that this increase in supply is associated with a decrease in annual earnings. Estimates suggest that a 10% increase in supply due to immigration is associated with a 1–4% decrease in annual earnings, although most estimates were not statistically significant and we did not find a similar association between an increase in supply and wages.

Keywords: Immigration; Nurses; Wages; Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 J68 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2011.11.002

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