We analyze the effect of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages in the US using a county-level panel dataset for the period 2005-2010. Using variation in medical malpractice payments and variation in medical malpractice legislation over time and within states...

We analyze the effect of employer-sponsored health insurance premiums on employment and annual wages in the US using a county-level panel dataset for the period 2005-2010. Using variation in medical malpractice payments and variation in medical malpractice legislation over time and within states...

Labor supply models and research underpinned by labor supply decisions typically assume the agents’ choices are functions of wage and wage offers. However, there is evidence that these selections are not only wage-driven, but at least in part depend on non-wage benefits encompassed in jobs...