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

描述(申请人提供)：建议研究的目的是研究海外受训注册护士(RN)的移民对国内护士的就业和工资的影响。这项研究触及了关于移民如何影响家政工人福利的辩论的核心，并与国家儿童健康和人类发展研究所人口研究中心人口和行为科学分部的任务直接相关。这项拟议研究的贡献是侧重于一种狭隘的职业，并利用与护士有关的移民政策变化在过去20年中造成的护士移民的重大变化。我们将使用多元回归框架，基于适当的统计方法和来自1984-2004年全国注册护士抽样调查和来自当前人口调查的个人水平的数据，以及1987-2005年的每月离职轮换数据。这项计划中的研究将为移民过程以及移民如何影响护士的经济福祉提供证据，护士是医疗保健提供者中规模最大、最重要的部分之一。此外，拟议的研究将对有关未来家庭护士供应(例如进入护理学校)的问题具有重要意义。这项研究还将涉及病人护理的质量问题，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。公共卫生相关性拟议的研究将对有关未来家庭护士供应(例如，进入护理学校)的问题具有重大相关性。这项研究还将涉及病人护理的质量问题，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.