Immigration, The Long-Term Care Workforce, and Elder Outcomes in the U.S. / David C. Grabowski, Jonathan Gruber, Brian McGarry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grabowski, David C.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Gruber, Jonathan.

McGarry, Brian.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w30960.

NBER working paper series no. w30960

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023.

Summary:

Although debates over immigration remain contentious, one important sector served heavily by immigrants faces a critical labor shortage: nursing homes. We merge a variety of data sets on immigration and nursing homes and use a shift-share instrumental variables analysis to assess the impact of increased immigration on nursing home staffing and care quality. We show that increased immigration significantly raises the staffing levels of nursing homes in the U.S., particularly in full time positions. We then show that this has an associated very positive effect on patient outcomes, particularly for those who are short stayers at nursing homes, and particularly for immigration of Hispanic staff.

Notes:

Print version record

February 2023.