Younger workforce increasingly working part-time

Study: uptick in younger RNs boosts workforce.

Are “part-time” general practitioners workforce idlers or committed professionals?

BACKGROUND The traditional view of general practice holds that only general practitioners (GPs) in full-time clinical practice can provide quality patient care. Nevertheless, increasing numbers of GPs are choosing to work sessionally, that is, ostensibly "part-time". There are concerns about the health workforce's ability to meet demand and also fears that patient care may be compromised. We so...

Changes in public health workforce composition: proportion of part-time workforce and its correlates, 2008-2013.

BACKGROUND State and local public health department infrastructure in the U.S. was impacted by the 2008 economic recession. The nature and impact of these staffing changes have not been well characterized, especially for the part-time public health workforce. PURPOSE To estimate the number of part-time workers in state and local health departments (LHDs) and examine the correlates of change i...

Teenage truancy, part-time working and wages.

"Although the determinants of teenager participation in the labour market have been studied previously (both in the United States and the United Kingdom), there remain a number of neglected questions. We address some of these in this paper, basing our analysis on data taken from the UK National Child Development Study. We first examine how teenagers divide their time between working and studyin...

Pediatricians working part-time: past, present, and future.

BACKGROUND Pediatrics has consistently attracted a large number of women. Although the majority of practicing pediatricians are male, female pediatricians will soon constitute the majority. The challenge to balance personal and professional life is of particular concern to women, and part-time positions may provide a potential solution. OBJECTIVE To examine how many pediatricians currently wo...