Effect of Nurse Immigration on Employment and Earnings of U.S. Nurses

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究旨在探讨外籍注册护士移民对本地护士就业及工资的影响。这项研究触及了关于移民如何影响家政工人福利的争论的核心，并与国家儿童健康与人类发展研究所人口研究中心人口与行为科学分支的使命直接相关。本研究的贡献在于聚焦于一个狭窄的职业，并利用过去二十年来因护士相关移民政策的变化而导致的护士移民的重大变化。我们将基于适当的统计方法和1984-2004年全国注册护士抽样调查的个人数据，以及1987-2005年当前人口调查的每月离职轮换数据，使用多元回归框架。计划中的研究将提供有关移民过程以及移民如何影响护士经济福利的证据，护士是医疗保健提供者中最大和最重要的部分之一。此外，拟议的研究将与有关家庭护士未来供应的问题（例如进入护理学校）具有重大相关性。这项研究还将对病人护理质量的问题产生影响，因为护士经济福利的变化可能会改变护士的构成，从而改变护士的质量。拟议的研究将与有关家庭护士未来供应的问题（例如进入护理学校）具有重大相关性。这项研究还将对病人护理质量的问题产生影响，因为护士经济福利的变化可能会改变护士的构成，从而改变护士的质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed research is to study the effect of immigration of foreign- trained registered nurses (RNs) on the employment and wages of domestic nurses. This research goes to the heart of the debate over how immigration affects the welfare of domestic workers, and is directly related to the mission of the Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch of the Center for Population Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The contribution of the proposed research is to focus on a narrow occupation and to exploit the significant changes in immigration of nurses in the past two decades caused by changes in immigration policy related to nurses. We will use a multivariate regression framework based on appropriate statistical methods and individual-level data from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses for 1984-2004 and from the Current Population Survey, monthly outgoing rotation data for 1987-2005. The planned study will provide evidence on the processes of immigration and how immigration affects the economic well-being of nurses, one of the largest and most important segments of health care providers. Further, the proposed research will have significant relevance to questions about the future supply of domestic nurses (e.g. entry to nursing schools). The research will also bear on questions of the quality of patient care, as changes in the economic welfare of nurses will likely alter the composition, and therefore the quality, of nurses. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE The proposed research will have significant relevance to questions about the future supply of domestic nurses (e.g. entry to nursing schools). The research will also bear on questions of the quality of patient care, as changes in the economic welfare of nurses will likely alter the composition, and therefore the quality, of nurses.