Are Health Workers Underpaid? / Victor R. Fuchs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuchs, Victor R.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w0108.

NBER working paper series no. w0108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical personnel--Supply and demand.

Medical personnel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1975.

Cambridge, Massachusetts : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1975.

Summary:

There is a clear need for a firm statistical base describing the levels and rates of change of wages for various types of manpower in hospitals and other health settings, and for analytical studies designed to explain the causes and consequences of wage variation in the health industry. This paper is intended to fill the first need, and provide data for the second. With the rich detail provided in the public use samples of the 1960 and 1970 Censuses of Population, it is possible to calculate hourly earnings rates for all allied health personnel classified by occupation, sex, schooling, geographical location, and many other characteristics. Furthermore, it is possible to compare these earnings with those of workers with similar characteristics in other non-farm industries.

Notes:

Print version record

October 1975.