The Relative Quality of Foreign-Educated Nurses in the United States
用工资衡量技能，发现菲律宾教育背景的护士在美国享有工资溢价，这不能用个人或工作特征差异解释，可能与菲律宾政府对护士移民的积极支持导致的高正向选择有关。
Abstract We examine the relative quality of foreign-educated nurses using wages as a measure of skill. Philippine-educated nurses enjoy a wage premium that is not explained by observed differences in worker or job characteristics. We reconcile the results with a Roy model featuring endogenous skill acquisition and provide some empirical evidence of double-selection into nursing and migration. Our results suggest that the wage premium is likely driven by strong positive selection into nursing among Filipinos resulting from high and heterogeneous returns to the occupation due to active government support for nurse migration in the Philippines.