Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/201428 
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Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2017:18
Publisher: 
Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
The role and importance of employee organizations (i.e., unions) on policies concerning international migration have been studied extensively for decades. However, we know very little about the strategies of the organized interests of health care professionals. This paper will contribute to previous research, both internationally and in the Swedish context, on issues concerning the (re-)action of professional organizations towards migration reforms that might endanger the profession's control over their segment of the labor market. Through a study of the associations representing the two largest licensed health care professions in Sweden - physicians and nurses - the study investigates if, and how, they try to limit the competition in the labor market against reforms that are promoting increased mobility and international migration. The conclusions are mixed, suggesting that the long-term goals of professional associations are more important than strategies that might reduce the competition of foreign-educated practitioners in the short run.
Subjects: 
International migration
Regulated occupations
Physicians
Nurses
Professionalism
Migration policy
Sweden
JEL: 
J44
J48
J51
J61
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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