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| Title: | Do Non-profit Enterprises Pay More For Their Labor Inputs? An
Examination of Hospital Behavior |
| Authors: | James, Paula |
| Issue Date: | 2002 |
| Series/Report no.: | EC-02-07 |
| Abstract: | How the behavior of non-profit organizations differs from that of
for-profit organizations has been the topic of a wide body of research.
The motivational and behavioral differences resulting from the two
organizational forms are particularly important in the U.S. health-care
sector – an industry dominated by non-profit enterprise. This
paper outlines some of the theories of non-profit hospital behavior and
reviews some of the empirical work related to those theories. I then
examine empirically whether there is a difference in wages and salaries
paid to seven categories of hospital employee in different types of
hospitals. To my knowledge, there have been no studies that evaluate
directly whether non-profit hospitals pay more than their for-profit
counterparts. I find that non-profit hospitals pay significantly higher
wages to their employees in five of seven major categories. In the
conclusion I highlight those theories that are consistent with these
empirical findings and those that are not. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2451/26186 |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers
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