Health Worker Labor Supply, Absenteeism, and Job Choice

Serneels, Pieter, Lievens, Tomas and Butera, Damas (2016) Health Worker Labor Supply, Absenteeism, and Job Choice. In: Health Labor Market Analyses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The World Bank, pp. 85-134. ISBN 978-1-4648-0931-6

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Abstract

Seeks to set out a microeconomic analysis as a starting point for a better understanding of health worker labor supply, absenteeism, and occupational choice, using the evidence available for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), as well as the relevant insights from high-income countries, to (1) discuss the appropriate framework for analysis of labor supply, absenteeism, job choice, and dual work; (2) present the available evidence on each of these topics and lessons to be learned for policy making; (3) discuss the types of analysis that can improve understanding, distinguishing between descriptive and casual analysis; and (4) focus on data and measurement. While reliable data on the labor supply of health workers both across countries and at a country level remain scarce, microeconomic analysis offers the best starting point to building a better understanding of health worker labor supply. Recent evidence has identified major challenges for the delivery of micro-level health care, including health worker presence and on-the-job performance.

Item Type:	Book Section
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Experimental Economics (former - to 2017) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Jul 2017 05:05
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 01:57
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64273
DOI:	10.1596/978-1-4648-0931-6_ch5

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