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observed externally from developing to developed countries or between continents.<br />

Movements between developed economies are also observed.<br />

Tefera (2008) found that <strong>the</strong> internal migration in Ethiopia, meaning from <strong>the</strong> public to<br />

<strong>the</strong> private health care sector, is due to low salaries, lack of medicine and drugs, poor<br />

quality of management and lack of professional resources. The author found that <strong>the</strong><br />

causes of emigration outside Ethiopia are again low salaries and poor quality of<br />

management, in addition to lack of incentives, de-motivation by health care<br />

infrastructure, facilities and resources, low quality of life and political unrest. The most<br />

attracting factors for Ethiopian physicians to move externally were found to be <strong>the</strong><br />

quality of education, better opportunities, superior health facilities, infrastructure and<br />

resources, better life quality and political stability (Tefera, 2008).<br />

Thus, <strong>the</strong> most important cause of emigration of medical doctors is clearly to get better<br />

wages (WHO, 2006). For this reason, a comparison between sending and receiving<br />

countries wages can help establish <strong>the</strong> weight of this factor through relative wages.<br />

Table I.2.3.1: Minimum and maximum relative wages (from MENA to OECD)<br />

Relative Wages: MIN<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r EU/ MENA Algeria Egypt Jordan Morocco Tunisia Turkey Yemen<br />

Austria 0.04 0.01 0.18 0.14 0.18 0.45 0.02<br />

Denmark 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.11 0.00<br />

Finland 0.03 0.01 0.13 0.10 0.13 0.33 0.02<br />

France 0.04 0.01 0.19 0.15 0.19 0.48 0.02<br />

Germany 0.03 0.01 0.13 0.10 0.13 0.31 0.01<br />

Italy 0.03 0.01 0.13 0.10 0.13 0.33 0.02<br />

Luxembourg 0.02 0.01 0.12 0.09 0.12 0.29 0.01<br />

Norway 0.02 0.00 0.07 0.06 0.07 0.18 0.01<br />

Portugal 0.07 0.02 0.31 0.24 0.31 0.77 0.04<br />

United Kingdom 0.02 0.01 0.11 0.08 0.11 0.26 0.01<br />

Relative Wages: MAX<br />

O<strong>the</strong>r EU/ MENA Algeria Egypt Jordan Morocco Tunisia Turkey Yemen<br />

Austria 0.09 0.02 0.26 0.25 0.20 0.45 0.02<br />

Denmark 0.02 0.00 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.10 0.00<br />

Finland 0.05 0.01 0.15 0.14 0.11 0.25 0.01<br />

France 0.05 0.01 0.14 0.14 0.11 0.25 0.01<br />

Germany 0.03 0.01 0.09 0.09 0.07 0.16 0.01<br />

Italy 0.06 0.01 0.16 0.16 0.13 0.29 0.01<br />

Luxembourg 0.06 0.01 0.16 0.16 0.13 0.29 0.01<br />

Norway 0.04 0.01 0.10 0.10 0.08 0.18 0.01<br />

Portugal 0.11 0.02 0.30 0.30 0.23 0.53 0.02<br />

United Kingdom 0.05 0.01 0.14 0.14 0.11 0.25 0.01<br />

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