Employer-provided health insurance in the United States is suspected of restricting job mobility, resulting in "job lock." Previous research on job lock finds mixed results using several methodologies. We take a new approach to examine whether employer-based health insurance discourages job...

Macroprudential policy is a relatively new policy field. Its goal is to preserve financial stability and to prevent the build-up of systemic risk that may have adverse effects for the functioning of the financial system and for the real economy. New institutions have been tasked with the...