Previous studies have found no significant evidence that increased minimum wages reduce fringe benefit receipt (Beeson Royalty 2000; Simon and Kaestner 2003). This paper provides new estimates of the effects of increased federal and state minimum wages on the coverage of low-wage workers by...

I develop a search model of the labor market in which acute illness prevents workers from engaging in labor market activities to better understand the productivity-enhancing effects of employer-sponsored health insurance (ESHI). On top of bargaining over wages and ESHI coverages, I model the...