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Employment-contingent health insurance, illness, and labor supply of women: evidence from married women with breast cancer

Bradley, Cathy J.; Neumark, David; Luo, Zhehui; … - 2005

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...

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Race, ethnicity and the dynamics of health insurance coverage

Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - 2008

Using matched data from the 1996 to 2004 Current Population Survey (CPS), we examine racial patterns in annual transitions into and out of health insurance coverage. We first decompose racial differences in static health insurance coverage rates into group differences in transition rates into...

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New evidence on the motherhood wage gap

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina; Kimmel, Jean - 2008

Using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we assess the role of employment-based health insurance …

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The effect of an employer health insurance mandate on health insurance coverage and the demand for labor: evidence from Hawaii

Buchmueller, Thomas C.; DiNardo, John; Valletta, Robert G. - 2009

Over the past few decades, policy makers have considered employer mandates as a strategy for stemming the tide of declining health insurance coverage. In this paper we examine the long term effects of the only employer health insurance mandate that has ever been enforced in the United States,...

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Self-employment and the role of health insurance

Gumus, Gulcin; Regan, Tracy L. - 2009

We investigate the effect of health insurance on labor market transitions in and out of self-employment as well as on the likelihood of being self-employed. We consider the role of individual health insurance coverage along with that from a spouse. Next, we examine a series of tax deductions...

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The impact of the macroeconomy on health insurance coverage: Evidence from the great recession

Cawley, John; Moriya, Asako S.; Simon, Kosali - 2011

This paper investigates the impact of the macroeconomy on the health insurance coverage of Americans using panel data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for 2004-2010, a period that includes the Great Recession of 2007-09. We find that a one percentage point increase in...

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The problem of the uninsured

Ehrlich, Isaac; Yin, Yong - 2012

The problem of the uninsured - those eschewing the purchase of health insurance policies - cannot be fully understood without considering informal alternatives to market insurance called self-insurance and self-protection, including the publicly and charitably-financed safety-net health care...

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Might not be a tomorrow: a multi-methods approach to anticipated early death and youth crime

Brezina, Timothy; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan - 2008

factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have … early death and youth crime, this support remains tentative. Moreover, a number of questions remain regarding the … that link anticipated early death to youth crime. In this paper, we address the limitations of previous studies using a …

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Children and parents time use: empirical evidence on investment in human capital in France, Italy and Germany

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - 2008

We analyze a mechanism that has been disregarded in the literature on parental investment in children, as little attention has been devoted to the choices made by children themselves. We model directly time use by youngsters into activities related to the acquisition of human capital,...

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Young people's attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter; Otterbeck, Jonas - 2007

Since the 1950's, the Muslim population in Sweden has grown from just a few individuals to approximately 350,000 of …

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