There is considerable public policy concern over the relatively low rates of health insurance coverage among the self …-employed in the United States. Presumably, the reason for the concern is that their low rates of insurance lead to worse health …-earners differ with respect to insurance coverage and health status. Using a variety of ways to measure health status, we find that …

physical and mental ill-health and bad lifestyle habits generally have adverse effects on self-employed workers' disability … outcomes. Yet our main result is that accurate assessment of the relation between health, lifestyle and disability outcomes …

There is considerable public policy concern over the relatively low rates of health insurance coverage among the self …-employed in the United States. Presumably, the reason for the concern is that their low rates of insurance lead to worse health …-earners differ with respect to insurance coverage and health status. Using a variety of ways to measure health status, we find that …

.This studyexamines whether the lack of healthcare coverage among the self-employednegatively impacts their overall health. A review of … past literature reveals many corresponding issues, including thedemand for health insurance and the connections between … health insurance andhealth outcomes.To examine the impact of the lack of healthcare onoverall health, data were utilized from …