Managing dual practice of health workers has often proved to be challenging, especially in emerging countries characterized by weak monitoring and low motivation. This paper exploits an exogenous variation in the initiation of private practice among heads of local public facilities (known as...

Using a simple theoretical model we conjecture that dual practice may increase the number of patients seen but reduce hours spent at public facilities, if public physicians lack motivation and/or if their opportunity costs are very large. Using data from Indonesia, we then test these theoretical...

Using a simple theoretical model we conjecture that dual practice may increase the number of patients seen but reduce hours spent at public facilities, if public physicians lack motivation and/or if their opportunity costs are very large. Using data from Indonesia, we then test these theoretical...

Managing dual practice of health workers has often proved to be challenging, especially in emerging countries characterized by weak monitoring and low motivation. This paper exploits an exogenous variation in the initiation of private practice among heads of local public facilities (known as...

The present paper provides new causal evidence that private practice of public health professionals may encourage moonlighting with implications for the provision of public health services. Our identification strategy relies on the introduction of the 1997 Ministry of Health Regulation 916 in...

The paper assesses the impact of physicians' dual practice on public health services. Using a simple theoretical model we conjecture that dual practice may increase the number of patients seen but reduce hours spent at public facilities if public physicians lack motivation and/or if their...