Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123560 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/12/023
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the health-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world. Shortages in health professionals are reaching staggering levels in many parts of the globe. This paper complements existing literature by empirically investigating the WHO hypothetical determinants of health-worker migration in the context of globalization when income-levels matter. In plainer terms, the work explores how the wealth of exporting countries play-out in the determinants of HHR emigration. We assess the determinants of emigration in the health sector through-out the conditional distribution of health human resource emigration. Findings provide very targeted policy implications based on income-levels and existing emigration levels for both physician and nurse worker crises. Beside specific policy recommendations, we also outlined broad policy measures for source-countries, recipient-states and regional (international) institutions.
Subjects: 
Welfare
Health
Human Capital
Migration
JEL: 
D60
F22
I10
J24
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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