Do Mandatory Overtime Laws Improve Quality? Staffing Decisions and Operational Flexibility of Nursing Homes

【题目】强制加班法律会提高质量吗？疗养院的人事决策和运作灵活性

【时间】2014年12月17日（周三）10.30-12.00

【地点】清华经管学院伟伦楼453

【语言】英文

【摘要】During the 2000s, a number of U.S. states passed laws that restrict the use of mandatory overtime and cap the maximum work hours for nurses. Using nursing homes data from 2004 to 2012, we find that these mandatory overtime laws reduce the service quality of nursing homes. This outcome can be explained by several undesirable staffing changes made by nursing homes: decreased registered nurse staffing and increased use of contract nurses and nurse trainees. We show that these observations are consistent with the predictions of a stochastic staffing model that incorporates demand uncertainty and staffing flexibility. Further, we rule out an alternative hypothesis that the quality deterioration is induced by wage changes in the local markets after the implementation of the mandatory overtime laws.

【简历】北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校助理教授Lauren Xiaoyuan Lu的简历