Table 8.

Effects of the Unemployment Rate of Employed in Health Occupations

Occupation	Mean	Coefficient on
	Fraction of State	Unemployment
	in Occupation	Rate (×100)
MDs	0.0032	−0.015***
		(0.005)
LPNs	0.0022	−0.007**
		(0.003)
RNs	0.0094	−0.002
		(0.010)
Nursing Aides	0.0093	0.018**
		(0.007)
Health Aides	0.0020	−0.003
		(0.004)

Notes: Dependent variable is share of individuals in a state employed in an occupation, indicated in the left column. Each row is a separate regression. Parameters are effect of state-year unemployment rate on fraction of state-year employment in the given occupation. Controls include state and year fixed effects, state-specific trends, demographic and education controls. Standard errors clustered at the state level. Estimates weighed by population. Data for fraction in occupations from monthly Current Population Survey, 1983-2002.

^***Significant at the 1 percent level.

^**Significant at the 5 percent level.

^*Significant at the 10 percent level