The labor market effects of rising health insurance premiums

被引：74

作者：

Baicker, Katherine

Chandra, Amitabh ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

[2] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] Harvard Univ, Inst Study Labor, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[4] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS | 2006年 / 24卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1086/505049

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

We estimate the effect of rising health insurance premiums on wages, employment, and the distribution of part-time and full-time work using variation in medical malpractice payments driven by the recent "medical malpractice crisis." We estimate that a 10% increase in health insurance premiums reduces the aggregate probability of being employed by 1.2 percentage points, reduces hours worked by 2.4%, and increases the likelihood that a worker is employed only part time by 1.9 percentage points. For workers covered by employer provided health insurance, this increase in premiums results in an offsetting decrease in wages of 2.3%.

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页码：609 / 634

页数：26

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