Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jan 18, 2026

Eye Tracking During A Complex Aviation Task For Insights Into Information Processing
Published on: April 4, 2025
The migration of UK trained GPs to Australia: Does risk attitude matter?
Marjon van der Pol1, Anthony Scott2, Alastair Irvine1
1Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Background:
Little is known about the drivers of migration of GPs. Risk attitude may play an important role as migration is fundamentally a risky decision that balances the risks of staying with the risks associated with leaving. This paper examines the association between risk attitudes and the migration of UK GPs to Australia.
Methods:
GPs who qualified in the UK but work in Australia and who responded to the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life (MABEL) national longitudinal survey of doctors, were compared with GPs based in Scotland who responded to a survey. Risk attitudes were elicited for financial risks, career and professional risks and clinical risks on a scale from 1 to 5.
Results:
GPs in Scotland and UK trained GPs in Australia have similar risk attitudes for financial risk. However, UK trained GPs in Australia are less willing to take clinical and career risks.
Conclusion:
GPs who migrated to Australia after qualifying in the UK were more risk averse about their career and clinical risks. This may suggest that more risk averse GPs migrate to Australia due to pull factors such as less uncertainty around career and clinical outcomes in Australia. The uncertain NHS climate may push more risk averse doctors away from the UK.
Related Concept Videos
Field Application of Global Positioning System
Types of Global Positioning System Surveys
Errors in Global Positioning System
Introduction to Global Positioning System
Design Example: Identifying the Locations of Monuments in the Field Using Global Positioning System Device
Adjusting a Traverse

