TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender, race, pay and promotion in the British nursing profession
T2 - estimation of a generalized ordered probit model
AU - Pudney, Stephen
AU - Shields, Michael
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - We analyse job grading within the UK National Health Service nursing profession, using 1994 survey data. We start from the ordered probit model, for which we develop and apply appropriate specification tests. Threshold constancy and covariate exogeneity are rejected, with important consequences for estimates of the influence of gender, ethnicity, training and career interruptions. We find little evidence of disadvantage for females relative to males, but significant differences in speed of promotion between ethnic groups, implying non-negligible differences in lifetime earnings.
AB - We analyse job grading within the UK National Health Service nursing profession, using 1994 survey data. We start from the ordered probit model, for which we develop and apply appropriate specification tests. Threshold constancy and covariate exogeneity are rejected, with important consequences for estimates of the influence of gender, ethnicity, training and career interruptions. We find little evidence of disadvantage for females relative to males, but significant differences in speed of promotion between ethnic groups, implying non-negligible differences in lifetime earnings.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0038998609&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/1099-1255(200007/08)15:4<367::AID-JAE563>3.0.CO;2-Z
DO - 10.1002/1099-1255(200007/08)15:4<367::AID-JAE563>3.0.CO;2-Z
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0038998609
SN - 0883-7252
VL - 15
SP - 367
EP - 399
JO - Journal of Applied Econometrics
JF - Journal of Applied Econometrics
IS - 4
ER -