This article introduces an empirical strategy to the compensating differentials literature that i) allows both individual observed and unobserved characteristics to be rewarded differently in firms based on health insurance provision, and ii) selection to jobs that provide benefits to operate on...

Understanding the causes of the dramatic rise in health insurance costs in the United States over the past two decades is of increasing importance to employers and policymakers. While past studies focus primarily on macroeconomic developments and changes in the health sector, little attention...

The United States has the distinction of being the only industrialized nation without universal health insurance. Health insurance may have impacts on the US labor market. We use data on displaced workers over a 25 year period to document how the role of health insurance on wages and worker...