Do migrants send remittances as a way of obtaining insurance? While this motive is theoretically suggested in the … a "purchase of self-insurance" motive to remit, we also provide evidence of more remittances sent by risk averse …

Employer-provided health insurance may restrict job mobility, resulting in "job lock." Previous research on job lock …

This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of non … supply of enrollees to eligible applicants on a waitlist. We find enrollment into public insurance leads to sizable and …

In 2007, China launched a subsidized voluntary public health insurance program, the Urban Resident Basic Medical … Insurance, for urban residents without formal employment, including children, the elderly, and other unemployed urban residents …

We evaluate the effect of the size of deductibles in the basic health insurance in Switzerland on the probability of a …

health insurance and pensions. Benefit bundling may increase informality and decrease welfare. Indeed, if some of the …

We investigate whether people enrolled into voluntary health insurance (VHI) substitute public consumption with private … the case of Italy, where a mixed insurance system is in place. To this purpose, we specify a joint model for public and … private specialist visits counts, and allow for different degrees of endogenous supplementary insurance coverage, looking at …

plans and (b) how the price elasticity of demand for health insurance can be influenced by policymakers through simple …This paper provides field evidence on (a) how price framing affects consumers' decision to switch health insurance … regulatory efforts. In 2009, in order to foster competition among health insurance companies, German federal regulation required …

We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women’s labor supply following a health … shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the … labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under what conditions employment-contingent health insurance is likely …