全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w19220
来源ID	Working Paper 19220
	Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock
	Craig Garthwaite; Tal Gross; Matthew J. Notowidigdo
发表日期	2013-07-11
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	We study the effect of public health insurance eligibility on labor supply by exploiting the largest public health insurance disenrollment in the history of the United States. In 2005, approximately 170,000 Tennessee residents abruptly lost public health insurance coverage. Using both across- and within-state variation in exposure to the disenrollment, we estimate large increases in labor supply, primarily along the extensive margin. The increased employment is concentrated among individuals working at least 20 hours per week and receiving private, employer-provided health insurance. We explore the dynamic effects of the disenrollment and find an immediate increase in job search behavior and a steady rise in both employment and health insurance coverage following the disenrollment. Our results suggest a significant degree of "employment lock" - workers employed primarily in order to secure private health insurance coverage. The results also suggest that the Affordable Care Act - which similarly affects adults not traditionally eligible for public health insurance - may cause large reductions in the labor supply of low-income adults.
主题	Health, Education, and Welfare ; Health ; Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w19220
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/576893
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Craig Garthwaite,Tal Gross,Matthew J. Notowidigdo. Public Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Employment Lock. 2013.