The labour supply behaviour of self-employed solo practice physicians

Authors

James A. Thornton, Eastern Michigan UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1998

Department

Economics

Abstract

This paper investigates the empirical labour supply behaviour of self-employed solo practice physicians. The specification of the empirical labour supply equation is based on a model of constrained utility-maximizing behaviour that recognizes the physician makes work/leisure choices based on an endogenous shadow wage and faces a nonlinear budget constraint. The findings suggest that the typical self-employed solo practice male physician operates on the upward-sloping portion of the labour supply curve and is relatively unresponsive to changes in marginal hourly medical practice earnings and non-practice income.

DOI

10.1080/000368498326173

Citation

Thornton, J. (1998). The labour supply behaviour of self-employed solo practice physicians. Applied Economics, 30(1), 85–94. doi:10.1080/000368498326173