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Wages and Health Worker Retention in Ghana : Evidence from Public Sector Wage Reforms

Can governments in developing countries retain skilled health workers by raising public sector wages? The author investigates this question using sudden, policy-induced wage variation, in which the Government of Ghana restructured the pay scale for...

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Main Authors:	Antwi, James, Phillips, David
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ATTRITION BARGAINING BARGAINING POWER BRAIN BRAIN DRAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH DENTISTS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DIETICIANS DRIVERS EARLY RETIREMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYEE EXPECTED WAGES FAMILIES GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT HEALTH WORKERS HAZARD HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH WORKERS HEALTH WORKFORCE HIV HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE STRATEGIES HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS IMMIGRANTS IMMIGRATION INCOME INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION JOB PLACEMENT JOB SEARCH JOBS JOURNAL OF MEDICINE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR SUPPLY LABOR UNION LABOUR LABOUR FORCE MARGINAL VALUE MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL OFFICERS MEDICAL SCHOOL MIDWIVES MIGRANT MIGRANTS MIGRATION MIGRATION DATA MIGRATION FLOWS MILITARY MEDICINE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MINORITY NATIONAL STRATEGIES NEGATIVE EFFECTS NEWSLETTER NOMINAL WAGES NURSE NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OCCUPATION OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OCCUPATIONS OLDER WORKERS PENSIONS PHYSICIANS PHYSIOTHERAPISTS POLICY CHANGE POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESPONSE POTENTIAL MIGRANTS PRACTITIONERS PREVALENCE PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRESS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGE REAL WAGES REMITTANCES RETURN MIGRATION RURAL AREAS SCREENING SERVICE DELIVERY SKILLED EMPLOYEES SKILLED WORKERS SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SURGEONS SURVIVAL PROBABILITY SURVIVAL RATE TOTAL WAGES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TREATMENT UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS WAGE DATA WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE GAP WAGE INCREASE WAGE INCREASES WAGE LEVELS WAGE STRUCTURE WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKFORCE PLANNING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG WORKERS YOUNGER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/16280503/wages-health-worker-retention-ghana-evidence-public-sector-wage-reforms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13581

Wages and Health Worker Retention in Ghana : Evidence from Public Sector Wage Reforms

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