Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019

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González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio; Cantero, Lara Sofia; Szyszko, Pablo Ariel; Bys, Joel Heman
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2024
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The Mais Médicos program (2013) tried to attract physicians to rural and peripheral areas of Brazil by encouraging physicians from other countries immigrate to these areas. Its creation generated widespread concern on the border areas of Argentina due to the potential brain drain (emigration of qualified professionals) in the health care sector. This study provides evidence on this topic. The identification strategy exploits the plausibly exogenous timing on the implementation of the program and the different levels of proximity of the Argentine provinces with respect to Brazil. Despite the widespread belief of a brain drain toward Brazil, the results suggest that the availability of physicians in Argentina did not show a significant reduction after the implementation of the program on the border areas of Argentina. There are also no indications of changes in the extensive (hours worked) or intensive (hourly wages) margins of the physician labor market. This evidence is robust against multiple checks and placebos. From a territorial equity perspective, there is no evidence that the creation of the program has contributed to widening regional disparities in Argentina, i.e., fewer physicians in the poorest region.
Fil: González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Misiones; Argentina. Universidad Católica del Norte; Chile
Fil: Cantero, Lara Sofia. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Szyszko, Pablo Ariel. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Bys, Joel Heman. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
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MAIS MEDICOS
PHYSICIANS
BRAIN DRAIN
ARGENTINA
DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ESTIMATOR
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spelling Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019González, Fernando Antonio IgnacioCantero, Lara SofiaSzyszko, Pablo ArielBys, Joel HemanMAIS MEDICOSPHYSICIANSBRAIN DRAINARGENTINADIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ESTIMATORhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5The Mais Médicos program (2013) tried to attract physicians to rural and peripheral areas of Brazil by encouraging physicians from other countries immigrate to these areas. Its creation generated widespread concern on the border areas of Argentina due to the potential brain drain (emigration of qualified professionals) in the health care sector. This study provides evidence on this topic. The identification strategy exploits the plausibly exogenous timing on the implementation of the program and the different levels of proximity of the Argentine provinces with respect to Brazil. Despite the widespread belief of a brain drain toward Brazil, the results suggest that the availability of physicians in Argentina did not show a significant reduction after the implementation of the program on the border areas of Argentina. There are also no indications of changes in the extensive (hours worked) or intensive (hourly wages) margins of the physician labor market. This evidence is robust against multiple checks and placebos. From a territorial equity perspective, there is no evidence that the creation of the program has contributed to widening regional disparities in Argentina, i.e., fewer physicians in the poorest region.Fil: González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Misiones; Argentina. Universidad Católica del Norte; ChileFil: Cantero, Lara Sofia. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; ArgentinaFil: Szyszko, Pablo Ariel. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; ArgentinaFil: Bys, Joel Heman. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; ArgentinaHungarian Central Statistical Office2024-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/231780González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio; Cantero, Lara Sofia; Szyszko, Pablo Ariel; Bys, Joel Heman; Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019; Hungarian Central Statistical Office; Regional Statistics; 14; 1; 2-2024; 1-172064-8243CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/terstat/online-first/rs140103.pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/ 10.15196/RS140103info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:54:33Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/231780instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:54:33.585CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
title Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
spellingShingle Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
MAIS MEDICOS
PHYSICIANS
BRAIN DRAIN
ARGENTINA
DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ESTIMATOR
title_short Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
title_full Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
title_fullStr Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
title_full_unstemmed Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
title_sort Brain drain in the health care sector? Impact of the Mais Médicos program in Argentina, 2010–2019
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
Cantero, Lara Sofia
Szyszko, Pablo Ariel
Bys, Joel Heman
author González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
author_facet González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio
Cantero, Lara Sofia
Szyszko, Pablo Ariel
Bys, Joel Heman
author_role author
author2 Cantero, Lara Sofia
Szyszko, Pablo Ariel
Bys, Joel Heman
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv MAIS MEDICOS
PHYSICIANS
BRAIN DRAIN
ARGENTINA
DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ESTIMATOR
topic MAIS MEDICOS
PHYSICIANS
BRAIN DRAIN
ARGENTINA
DIFFERENCE-IN-DIFFERENCES ESTIMATOR
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The Mais Médicos program (2013) tried to attract physicians to rural and peripheral areas of Brazil by encouraging physicians from other countries immigrate to these areas. Its creation generated widespread concern on the border areas of Argentina due to the potential brain drain (emigration of qualified professionals) in the health care sector. This study provides evidence on this topic. The identification strategy exploits the plausibly exogenous timing on the implementation of the program and the different levels of proximity of the Argentine provinces with respect to Brazil. Despite the widespread belief of a brain drain toward Brazil, the results suggest that the availability of physicians in Argentina did not show a significant reduction after the implementation of the program on the border areas of Argentina. There are also no indications of changes in the extensive (hours worked) or intensive (hourly wages) margins of the physician labor market. This evidence is robust against multiple checks and placebos. From a territorial equity perspective, there is no evidence that the creation of the program has contributed to widening regional disparities in Argentina, i.e., fewer physicians in the poorest region.
Fil: González, Fernando Antonio Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Nordeste; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Misiones; Argentina. Universidad Católica del Norte; Chile
Fil: Cantero, Lara Sofia. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Szyszko, Pablo Ariel. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
Fil: Bys, Joel Heman. Universidad Nacional de Misiones. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas; Argentina
description The Mais Médicos program (2013) tried to attract physicians to rural and peripheral areas of Brazil by encouraging physicians from other countries immigrate to these areas. Its creation generated widespread concern on the border areas of Argentina due to the potential brain drain (emigration of qualified professionals) in the health care sector. This study provides evidence on this topic. The identification strategy exploits the plausibly exogenous timing on the implementation of the program and the different levels of proximity of the Argentine provinces with respect to Brazil. Despite the widespread belief of a brain drain toward Brazil, the results suggest that the availability of physicians in Argentina did not show a significant reduction after the implementation of the program on the border areas of Argentina. There are also no indications of changes in the extensive (hours worked) or intensive (hourly wages) margins of the physician labor market. This evidence is robust against multiple checks and placebos. From a territorial equity perspective, there is no evidence that the creation of the program has contributed to widening regional disparities in Argentina, i.e., fewer physicians in the poorest region.
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