university of oslo health economics research programme compensating differentials for nurses erik magnus sæther the ragnar frisch centre economic and hero working paper 2004 10 1 at jel classification c25 i10 j31 j33 keywords registered variations switching regression random utility models discrete choice shift work labor supply author s address gaustadalléen 21 n 0349 norway e mail em sather uio no _________________ thanks to steinar strøm john k dagsvik michael hoel tao zhang jia zhiyang advice comments project has received financial support from norwegian council as part reproduction is permitted when source referred acknowledged issn 1501 9071 isbn 82 7756 141 5 2 abstract entering job market rns face alternatives with differences in wages