<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>We examine whether there is any movement in the employment of native-educated nurses due to the influx of foreign-educated nurses. To avoid conflating the short- and long-term reactions to the entry of newly arrived foreign-educated nurses, we implement a multiple instrumentation procedure. We find that there is no significant effect of foreign-educated nurses on the employment of native nurses in both the short- and the long-runs. Our results suggest that relying on foreign-educated nurses to fill gaps in the US healthcare workforce does not harm the employment of native nurses.</p></abstract>

We examine whether there is any movement in the employment of native-educated nurses due to the influx of foreign-educated nurses. To avoid conflating the short- and long-term reactions to the entry of newly arrived foreign-educated nurses, we implement a multiple instrumentation procedure. We find that there is no significant effect of foreign-educated nurses on the employment of native nurses in both the short- and the long-runs. Our results suggest that relying on foreign-educated nurses to fill gaps in the US healthcare workforce does not harm the employment of native nurses.

Do foreign-educated nurses displace native-educated nurses?

IZA Journal of Labor Policy

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We examine whether there is any movement in the employment of native-educated nurses due to the influx of foreign-educated nurses. To avoid conflating the...

Do foreign-educated nurses displace native-educated nurses?

Published Online: Nov 13, 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2020-0014

Keywords
foreign-educated nurses, immigration, displacement, a double instrumentation procedure

© 2020 Hyeran Chung, Mary Arends-Kuenning, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Do foreign-educated nurses displace native-educated nurses?

Published Online: Nov 13, 2020

Page range: -

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2020-0014

Keywordsforeign-educated nurses, immigration, displacement, a double instrumentation procedure

© 2020 Hyeran Chung, Mary Arends-Kuenning, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
foreign-educated nurses, immigration, displacement, a double instrumentation procedure