Episode 91: David Chan on the Differential Productivity of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners

Written By Jordi Blanes i Vidal

David Chan is a Professor at the Berkeley Haas School of Business.

The paper discussed in this episode is ‘The Productivity of Professions: Evidence from the Emergency Department’, by David Chan and Yiqun Chen.

Papers mentioned in this episode include:

Kleiner, M. M., & Krueger, A. B. (2013). Analyzing the extent and influence of occupational licensing on the labor market. Journal of Labor Economics, 31(S1), S173-S202.

Kleiner, M. M., Marier, A., Park, K. W., & Wing, C. (2016). Relaxing occupational licensing requirements: Analyzing wages and prices for a medical service. The Journal of Law and Economics, 59(2), 261-291.

Chan, D. C. (2016). Teamwork and moral hazard: evidence from the emergency department. Journal of Political Economy, 124(3), 734-770.

Jordi Blanes i Vidal
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