benefits. We find that the union effect on health insurance coverage rates has fallen somewhat but remains large, due to an … increase over time in the union effect on employee 'take-up' of offered insurance, and that declining unionization explains 20 … employees' direct costs for health insurance and the availability of retiree coverage …

from going without health insurance …

This paper compares the labor market implications of the health insurance system in Spain and in the United States …. While most health insurance is privately provided to workers (by employers) in the United States, Spanish workers obtain … health insurance coverage from the public social security system. The Spanish system is financed by a payroll (social …

Over half of the U.S. population receives health insurance through an employer, with employer premium contributions … the labor market to explore how this uniquely American approach to financing health insurance contributes to labor market … inequality. We consider a partial-equilibrium counterfactual in which employer-provided health insurance is instead financed by a …

requires that employer-based insurance plans cover health care expenditures for workers with children 26 years old or younger …. While there has been considerable scholarly and policy interest in the effects of this mandate on health insurance coverage …