Burnout of physicians and other medical personnel is a major problem in the economics of healthcare systems, potentially costing billions of dollars. Knowledge of the determinants and costs of burnout at the organization level is sparse, making it difficult to assess the net benefits of...

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1. The Economic Theory of Occupational Choice -- 2. Models of the Labor and Education Markets -- 3. Developments in the Market for Highly Specialized Workers after World War II -- 4. The Cobweb Pattern: the...