Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/119561 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. W15/04
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
The paper investigates the short run responsiveness of National Health Service (NHS) nurses' labour supply to changes in wages of NHS nurses relative to wages in outside options available to nurses, utilising the panel data aspect of the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. We find the short run responsiveness of NHS nurses' labour supply to the relative wage of NHS nurses is positive and statistically significant, albeit economically small, in regions outside the London area. In contrast, in the London region, the short run elasticity is much higher. We discuss the policy implications of these findings.
Subjects: 
NHS
labour supply
relative wages
JEL: 
J31
J38
J45
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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