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- Title
Medical Worker Migration and Origin-Country Human Capital: Evidence from U.S. Visa Policy.
- Authors
Abarcar, Paolo; Theoharides, Caroline
- Abstract
We exploit changes in U.S. visa policies for nurses to measure the origin-country human capital response to international migration opportunities. Combining data on all migrant departures and postsecondary institutions in the Philippines, we show that nursing enrollment and graduation increased substantially in response to greater U.S. demand for nurses. The supply of nursing programs expanded. Nurse quality, measured by licensure exam pass rates, declined. Despite this, for each nurse migrant, nine additional nurses were licensed. New nurses switched from other degree types but graduated at higher rates than they would have otherwise, increasing the human capital stock in the Philippines.
- Subjects
PHILIPPINES; HUMAN capital; HUMAN migrations; FOREIGN nurses; CAPITAL stock; EMIGRATION &; immigration; NURSING informatics
- Publication
Review of Economics & Statistics, 2024, Vol 106, Issue 1, p20
- ISSN
0034-6535
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1162/rest_a_01131