Wage expectation, information and the decision to become a nurse
Contrary to common perceptions, the expected wage plays a positive and statistically significant role in the decision to become a nurse. Further, understating a nurse’s wage decreases the probability of becoming one. The empirical results lead to two important policy implications. First, increasing the wage may help to overcome the shortage observed in many countries. Second, providing information on the (relative) wage may be a successful strategy to attract more individuals into this profession.
On the influence of job characteristics on the attractiveness of nursing jobs in Germany
We find that, first, attractiveness of care jobs is most strongly affected by rather “soft”characteristics such as atmosphere within the team and time for patients. “Hard” factors play a considerably smaller role. Second, one hard factor, contract duration, is estimated to be among the most important job factors, however. This is a remarkable finding given that nursing occupations suffer from severe skill shortages. Third, though wage has a statistically significant influence on attractiveness, enormous wage raises would be needed in order to yield higher attractiveness gains than the top-rated soft factors, or to compensate for less pleasant job characteristics with respect to those factors. Last, even after controlling for other job characteristics, hospital nursing is still rated as more attractive than geriatric nursing.
Further training based on the PflAPrV (in German)
Concept and exemplary module units - Version 1.0 October 2024, published by the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Bonn, https://res.bibb.de/vet-repository_782863
Heterogeneous effects of monetary and non-monetary job characteristics on job attractiveness in nursing.
Labour Economics, 102632 (forthcomig), https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537124001283
Übergänge von der Assistenz- in die Fachausbildung – Gelingensfaktoren, Herausforderungen, Gestaltungsspielräume,
In: Karin Reiber et al. (Hrsg.): Fachkräftesicherung, Versorgungsqualität und Karrieren in der Pflege. Forschung zur beruflichen Bildung im Lebenslauf, wbv-Verlag, S. 427-444, 2024.
International data innovations: Potentials for German labor market and social policy (in German).
In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 73 (1), 1-23, 2024.
