Abstract Although government expansion of health insurance to older workers leads to labor supply reductions for recipients, there may be spillover effects on the labor supply of affected spouses who are not covered by the programs. In the simplest model, health insurance on the job is paid for in terms of lower compensation on the job. Receiving health insurance exogenous to employment is akin to a positive income shock for the household, causing total household labor supply to drop. However, it is not clear within the household whether this decrease in labor supply will be borne by both spouses or by a specific spouse. We use a mid-1990s expansion of health insurance for U.S. veterans to provide evidence on the effects of expanding health...
MRRC Working Paper: WP 2010-261Disability is a permanent unexpected shock to labor supply which acco...
Most health insurance in the USA is provided by employers until eligibility for public health insura...
We consider the role of spousal labor supply as insurance against spells of unemployment. Standard t...
Although government expansion of health insurance to older workers leads to labor supply reductions ...
This paper exploits a major mid-1990s expansion in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health ca...
This work presents new evidence on the effect of husbands’ health insurance on wives’ labor supply. ...
This study provides a systematic review of empirical evidence on the labour supply effects of health...
Demand for employment-based health insurance has traditionally been treated as an individual rather ...
This empirical analysis investigates how the labor supply dynamics of married workers aged 46-65 is ...
As of 2012, 7 percent of employers did not cover spouses when other coverage was available to them a...
In this study we propose a new explanation for the fact that labor force participation of older marr...
Demand for employment-based insurance is typically treated as an individual rather than a household ...
Unexpected health events such as a heart attack or new cancer diagnosis are very common for workers ...
Anticipating the labor market effects of welfare reforms is difficult due to public policy interacti...
MRRC Working Paper: WP 2010-261Disability is a permanent unexpected shock to labor supply which acco...
Most health insurance in the USA is provided by employers until eligibility for public health insura...
We consider the role of spousal labor supply as insurance against spells of unemployment. Standard t...
Although government expansion of health insurance to older workers leads to labor supply reductions ...
This paper exploits a major mid-1990s expansion in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health ca...
This work presents new evidence on the effect of husbands’ health insurance on wives’ labor supply. ...
This study provides a systematic review of empirical evidence on the labour supply effects of health...
Demand for employment-based health insurance has traditionally been treated as an individual rather ...
This empirical analysis investigates how the labor supply dynamics of married workers aged 46-65 is ...
As of 2012, 7 percent of employers did not cover spouses when other coverage was available to them a...
In this study we propose a new explanation for the fact that labor force participation of older marr...
Demand for employment-based insurance is typically treated as an individual rather than a household ...
Unexpected health events such as a heart attack or new cancer diagnosis are very common for workers ...
Anticipating the labor market effects of welfare reforms is difficult due to public policy interacti...
MRRC Working Paper: WP 2010-261Disability is a permanent unexpected shock to labor supply which acco...
Most health insurance in the USA is provided by employers until eligibility for public health insura...
We consider the role of spousal labor supply as insurance against spells of unemployment. Standard t...