A panel data study of physicians’ labor supply: The case of Norway

Badi Baltagi, Espen Bratberg () and Tor Helge Holmås ()
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Tor Helge Holmås: Programme for Health Economics in Bergen, University of Bergen, Postal: Department of Economics, Hermann Fossgt. 6,, N-5007 Bergen, Norway, http://heb.rokkan.uib.no/?page_id=371

No 01/03, Working Papers in Economics from University of Bergen, Department of Economics

Abstract: Physicians are key personnel in a sector which is important due to its size as well as the quality of service it provides. We estimate the labor supply of physicians employed at hospitals in Norway, using personnel register data merged with other public records. A dynamic labor supply equation is estimated using a sample of 1303 physicians observed over the period 1993-97. The methods of estimation are GMM and system GMM. We reject the static model in favor of a dynamic model and obtain a long-run wage elasticity of about 0.55. This is considerably higher than previously estimated for physicians, in particular for those who are not self-employed.

Keywords: Physicians; labor supply; dynamic panel data. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 J22 J44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2003-02-13
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Journal Article: A panel data study of physicians' labor supply: the case of Norway (2005)
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