Economics of the Health Workforce 2013: Program

Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 July 2013 at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney

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Saturday 6 July 2013
9.45 - 10.15am Opening Session
 

Anthony Scott, University of Melbourne

Ian Crettenden, Health Workforce Australia

10.15 - 11.05am Session 1
 

Chair: Anthony Scott, University of Melbourne

Revisiting the returns to education in a licensed profession: Has the value of a baccalaureate degree in nursing changed?

Presenter: Joanne Spetz, University of California, San Francisco

Discussant: Sean Nicholson, Cornell University

11.05 - 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am - 12.25pm Session 2
 

Chair: Akiko Maeda, The World Bank

Professional education preferences and international migration: implications for health workforce policy from a discrete choice experiment among pharmacists

Presenter: Gillian Stynes, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Discussant: Krishna Rao, Public Health Foundation of India

12.25 - 1.30pm Lunch
1.30 - 3.10pm Session 3
 

Chair: Joanne Spetz, University of California, San Francisco

Employment Duration in the Direct Care Labor Market: the Role of Macroeconomic Conditions
Presenter: Reagan Baughman, University of New Hampshire
Discussant: David Johnston, Monash University

  The use of alternative preference elicitation methods in complex discrete choice experiments
Presenter: Hong il Yoo, University of New South Wales
Discussant: Duane Blaauw, University of the Witwatersrand
3.10 - 3.40pm Afternoon Tea
3.40 - 4.30pm Session 4
 

Chair: Edson C. Araújo, The World Bank

Altruism and Self-Selection into Rural Jobs in Developing Countries: Evidence from Nurses in South Africa
Presenter: Mylene Lagarde, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Discussant: Geir Godager, University of Oslo

7.00 for 7.30pm Conference Dinner,
Sailors Thai, Downstairs, 106 George Street, The Rocks
Sunday, 7 July 2013
8.30 - 10.10am Session 5
 

Chair: Allie Kibwika-Muyinda, African Health Economics and Policy Association

Take the money and run? Hypothetic fee variations and French GPs’ labour supply
Presenter: Alain Paraponaris, Aix-Marseille University (cancelled)
Discussant: Elizabeth Savage, University of Technology Sydney

  Obligatory Service Requirement and Physician Specialist Distribution in Turkey
Presenter: Dr Burcay Erus, Bogazici University
Discussant: Edson C. Araújo, The World Bank
10.10 - 10.40am Morning tea
10.40am - 12.20pm Session 6
 

Chair: Bob Elliott, University of Aberdeen

Nurses’ labour supply elasticities: the importance of accounting for extensive margins
Presenter: Guyonne Kalb, University of Melbourne
Discussant: Meliyanni Johar, University of Technology Sydney

  Reed bends but never breaks. GPs’ workload and response to epidemic cycles
Presenter: Alain Paraponaris, Aix-Marseille University (cancelled)
Discussant: Tor Iversen, University of Oslo
12.20 - 1.20pm Lunch
1.20 - 2.10pm Session 7
 

Chair: Bob Elliott, University of Aberdeen

Get a Life? The Impact of the European Working Time Directive: The Case of UK Doctors
Presenter: Michael Kidd, Queensland University of Technology
Discussant: Toshiaki Iizuka, University of Tokyo

2.10 - 2.20pm Conclusion
  Bob Elliott, University of Aberdeen