Gender and Racial Discrimination in Pay and Promotion for NHS Nurses

Pudney, Stephen; Shields, Michael A.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.219868

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Gender and Racial Discrimination in Pay and Promotion for NHS Nurses

47 Pages Posted: 15 Feb 2001

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Stephen Pudney

University of Essex - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Michael A. Shields

University of Melbourne - Department of Economics; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Date Written: December 1999

Abstract

For many years the NHS has been subject to allegations that gender and racial discrimination are a feature of the internal labour market for qualified nurses. This paper examines this issue with regard to the promotion process using 1994 survey data. We start by rejecting the assumption of covariate exogeneity inherent in the ordered probit model. A full simultaneous model is then developed which has important consequences for estimates of the influence of gender, ethnicity, training and career interruptions. We find evidence of significant differences in speed of promotion between gender and ethnic groups, which imply large differences in career earnings.

JEL Classification: C5, I1, J3, J7

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Pudney, Stephen and Shields, Michael A., Gender and Racial Discrimination in Pay and Promotion for NHS Nurses (December 1999). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=219868 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.219868