Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282743 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16616
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We exploit the 2016 Brexit referendum as a migration shock to evaluate the impact of reduced labour supply on the provision of hospital care. After the referendum, a sharp drop in the number of early-career new joiners from Europe resulted in a considerable decrease in the share of EU nurses in the English NHS. Using an enclave instrumental variable empirical strategy, we find that emergency readmission rates increased, and more so in hospital organizations more exposed to the missing inflow of new joiners. A theoretical model shows that this is consistent with a decrease in the quality of new hires.
Subjects: 
labour supply
workers' mobility
immigration
patient care
hospital quality
Brexit
JEL: 
J45
J61
J68
I11
C26
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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