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The influence of retiree health benefits on retirement patterns
Marton, James; Woodbury, Stephen A. - 2010
We estimate the effect of employer offers of retiree health benefits (RHBs) on the timing of retirement using a sample of Health and Retirement Study (HRS) men observed over a period of up to 12 years. We hypothesize that the effect of RHBs differs for workers of different ages - a hypothesis we...
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Retiree health benefits and the decision to retire
Marton, James; Woodbury, Stephen A. - 2009
We estimate the effect of employer offers of retiree health benefits (RHBs) on the timing of retirement using a sample of men observed over a period of up to 12 years in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Our main concern is that such estimates may be contaminated by unobserved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288031
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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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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
Hawaii and other states increased, as did real health insurance costs, implying a rising burden of the mandate on Hawaii …
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Strong hysteresis due to age effects
Chen, Yu-Fu - 2009
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Retiree health benefits and retirement
Marton, James; Woodbury, Stephen A. - 2006
Employer-provided health benefit coverage for workers who retire before age 65 has fallen over the last decade. We examine a cohort of male workers from the Health and Retirement Survey to examine questions about the dynamics of retiree health benefits and the relationship between retiree health...
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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 offers in explaining the motherhood wage gap. Researchers have been aware of the existence of a motherhood gap for many years; yet, the literature has failed to address the...
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Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes
Dobbelaere, Sabien; McCormack, Grace; Prinz, Daniel; … - 2022
Using rich administrative data from the Netherlands, we study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers. For workers at acquired firms, takeovers are associated with a 8.5% drop in employment at the consolidated firm and a 2.6% drop in total labor income. These effects are persistent...
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The Tail of Two Countries: Minimum Wages and Employment in France and the United States
Abowd, John M.; Kramarz, Francis; Margolis, David N.; … - 2000
We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of changes in the real minimum wage rate on an individual?s employment status. We focus on workers employed at wages close enough to the minimum in a reference year as to be illegal...
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Frictions and the joint behavior of hiring and investment
Yashiv, Eran - 2012
dependence and placing the emphasis on their joint, forward-looking behavior. Using estimation of aggregate, private sector U … investment costs. It is significant and negatively signed, implying complementarity between investment and hiring. There is a … substantial role for aggregate labor market conditions in hiring costs, whereby the latter are lower in good times. The fit of the …
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