Wages and Health Worker Retention in Ghana: Evidence from Public Sector Wage Reforms


 
Language:

English

Authors:

Antwi J, Phillips D

Publisher:

The World Bank

Series/Journal Title:

HNP Discussion Paper

Volume:

69107

Pages:

38

Description:

This paper investigates whether governments in developing countries can retain skilled health workers by raising public sector wages using sudden, policy-induced wage variation, in which the Government of Ghana restructured the pay scale for government health workers. [adapted from abstract]

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Geographic Focus

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