Regulatory barriers to entry in the healthcare industry: the case of alternative medicine

Anderson, Gary J.; Halcoussis, Dennis; Johnston, Linda; Lowenberg, Anton D.

doi:10.1016/s1062-9769(00)00053-3

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“…The influence of certification and licensing are found to be different in the empirical literature. A number of studies have examined the wage effect of licensing and have obtained similar findings (Anderson et al 2001;Gittleman and Kleiner 2016;Kleiner 2000Kleiner , 2006Krueger 2010, 2013;Kleiner and Kudrle 2000;Kugler and Sauer 2005;Muzondo and Pazderka 1980;Pagliero 2010;Timmons and Thornton 2008). Kleiner and Krueger (2010) employed data collected from a national survey of workers in different professions and found that those with a license earned between 15 to 18 percent higher wages in the United States.…”

Section: The Theory Of Licensing and Empirical Evidencementioning

confidence: 86%

“…Friedman and Kuznets () were among the first to provide evidence that the average income of professions with stricter licensing (e.g., medicine) was higher than that of comparable professions with less strict occupational licensing (e.g., dentistry). Later empirical studies have examined the wage differences between licensed and unlicensed professions (Kleiner ; Kleiner and Krueger , ; White ) and across states (Anderson et al., ; Kleiner ; Kleiner and Kudrle ; Pagliero ; Timmons and Thornton ), as well as wage changes when an individual moved from licensed to nonlicensed occupations or vice versa (Gittleman and Kleiner ; Kleiner ; Kugler and Sauer ). Fewer empirical studies have analyzed the effect of certification on wages.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do Occupational Regulations Increase Earnings? Evidence from China

Chi

Kleiner

Qian

2017

Industrial Relations

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We examine the influence of occupational certification and licensing in China. In the empirical analysis, we find that licensing is associated with an average of 15 percent higher wages and certification with a 13–14 percent higher wage based on ordinary least squares estimates. However, using propensity score and instrumental variable estimates suggests that part of the positive effect of certification on wages is due to self‐selection. In addition, the characteristics of a certificate or license, such as the type and quantity, further influence wage determination in China.

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Section: The Theory Of Licensing and Empirical Evidencementioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Do Occupational Regulations Increase Earnings? Evidence from China

Chi

Kleiner

Qian

2017

Industrial Relations

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“…Outcomes considered in this category of studies included health worker incomes and the price, quality and quantity of health services. A number of studies found that health workers' incomes (G. M. Anderson, Halcoussis, & Lowenberg, 2000;Friedman & Kuznet, 1945;Leffler, 1978;Muzondo & Pazderka, 1980;W. D. White, 1978) or the price of health services and products (Benham & Benham, 1975;Shepard, 1978) increasd when licensure regulations became stricter.…”

Section: Second Category Of Licensure Studies: Licensure Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Changing Research Perspectives on the Global Health Workforce

Bärnighausen¹,

Bloom²

2009

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Past research on the health workforce can be structured into three perspectives-"health workforce planning" (1960 through 1970s); "the health worker as economic actor" (1980s through 1990s); and "the health worker as necessary resource" (1990s through 2000s). During the first phase, shortages of health workers in developed countries triggered the development of four approaches to project future health worker requirements. We discuss each approach and show that modified versions are experiencing a resurgence in current studies estimating health worker requirements to meet population health goals, such as the United Nations' health-related Millennium Development Goals. A perceived "cost explosion" in many health systems shifted the focus to the study of the effect of health workers' behavior on health system efficiency during the second phase. We review the literature on one example topic: health worker licensure. In the last phase, regional health worker shortages in developing countries and local shortages in developed countries led to research on international health worker migration and programs to increase the supply of health workers in underserved areas. Based on our review of existing studies, we suggest areas for future research on the health workforce, including the transfer of existing approaches from developed to developing countries.

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“…Lawyers, through restrictions on interstate mobility, also have been able to obtain economic benefits for practitioners (Tenn 2001). Physicians, by limiting the supply of alternative medicine providers, have been able to enhance the earnings of the members of their occupation (Anderson et al 2000). On the other hand, occupations such as teachers and nurses have not been able to significantly enhance the earnings in their profession through licensing, perhaps as a consequence of the market structure of their employment relationship.…”

Section: Studies On the Impact Of Licensingmentioning

confidence: 99%