Discovering the Real World: Health Workers' Career Choices and Early Work Experience in Ethiopia (World Bank Working Papers)

Contents......Page 4
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Foreword......Page 7
Executive Summary......Page 8
1. Introduction......Page 10
The Health Sector and Human Resources for Health in Ethiopia......Page 11
Geographical Imbalances......Page 12
Migration Abroad of Health Workers......Page 13
Second Wave of the Study: Starting Health Workers in 2007......Page 14
Overview......Page 17
Working in a Rural or Urban Area, in the Public or Private Sector, and in Which Region?......Page 18
Secondary Job in the Health Sector......Page 20
The Release to Work in the Private Sector......Page 21
Summary......Page 24
Current Salaries and Nonpecuniary Benefits......Page 25
Other Important Job Attributes......Page 27
Job Satisfaction......Page 29
Satisfaction with Different Spheres of Life......Page 32
Attitudes toward Working on the Side......Page 33
Summary......Page 36
The Profiles of Health Workers in Rural and Urban Areas......Page 37
The Preference for a Rural or Urban Posting in 2004 versus 2007......Page 39
Reasons for Quitting First Job......Page 41
Reservation Wages to Work in a Rural Area......Page 44
Likelihood of Migrate Abroad in the Coming Two Years......Page 49
For What Wages Would Health Workers Stay in Ethiopia?......Page 51
7. Conclusion......Page 55
Follow-up Efforts in 2005, 2006, and 2007......Page 56
Appendix B. Job Search......Page 58
Appendix C. Differences in Facility Infrastructure between Urban and Rural Locations......Page 60
Appendix D. Contingent Valuation Question for Rural versus Urban Job......Page 61
Appendix E. Contingent Valuation Question for Domestic Job versus Migration......Page 63
References......Page 64