Konkurrens på sjukvårdsmarknaden - effekter på arbetsmarknaden för sjuksköterskor

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effects of competition at the market for healthcare. During the last 20 years the Swedish healthcare system has been subject to great changes in purpose to increase competition and the choice for the consumer at the market. An example of these changes is the implementation of two laws that aspire to increase the choice for the consumer and make it easier for the producers to compete at the healthcare market, LOV and LOU. Monopsony theory implies that the wages will be higher with increased competition at the market. The effects of the increased competition have been tested, by a Difference-in-Differences analysis, at the labour market for nurses. The method uses the difference between a treated group and a non-treated group to reveal the differences and effects of the treatment, in this case competition. The results of this study indicate that there have been increases in wages for nurses compared to the non-treated group.