Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278941 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16243
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study physicians' migration intentions by undertaking a Discrete Choice Experiment with senior Italian medical students. Using the mixed logit models, we estimate how much income students are willing to forego for various job characteristics, including the job location. We find that future doctors are willing to sacrifice €13,500/year on average to remain in their home country. Those with higher willingness to take risks, competitiveness, cognitive skills and altruism levels are more likely to migrate abroad, with implications for the quality of future doctors remaining in their home country. Furthermore, the valuations of several job characteristics differ substantially for jobs located in the home country or abroad, informing the design of job contracts that shall help retain young doctors.
Subjects: 
brain drain
medical workforce
job design
personality traits
discrete choice experiments
JEL: 
F66
I18
J08
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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