excellent measures of health status with consumption information. We focus on the effect of large exogenous changes in physical …

laboratory' for learning about the effect of public health insurance eligibility on insurance coverage, health utilization, and … health outcomes. This paper provides an overview of what has been learned about these questions from studying the expansions … preventive care rose substantially as a result of the expansions, and there were significant improvements in health outcomes …

to an enormous reduction in employer-provided health insurance spending …

We explore the causes of the dramatic rise in employee contributions to health insurance over the past two decades. In … 1982, 44% of those who were covered by their employer-provided health insurance had their costs fully financed by their … rising health care costs. Overall, this set of factors can explain about one-quarter of the rise in employee premiums over …

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 introduced a new tax subsidy for health insurance purchases by self-employed persons. This …

This paper provides a critical review of the empirical literature on the relationship between health insurance, labor … five conclusions. First, there is clear and unambiguous evidence that health insurance is a central determinant of … retirement decisions. Second, there is fairly clear evidence that health insurance is not a major determinant of the labor supply …

The continued rise in the number of non-elderly Americans without health insurance has led to considerable interest in …

of technology and expertise in the market for health insurance, where consumer choices are widely known to be sub …

We examine how consumers respond to being effectively double insured under two systems: group health (GH) and workers … services for work-related injuries. As a result, a consumer facing a large deductible under their group health plan will have a …

of technology and expertise in the market for health insurance, where consumer choices are widely known to be sub …