TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bradley,Cathy J.
AU  - Neumark,David
AU  - Luo,Zhehui
AU  - Bednarek,Heather L.
TI  - Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness, and Labor Supply of Women: Evidence from Married Women with Breast Cancer
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11304
PY  - 2005
Y2  - May 2005
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11304
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11304.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Cathy J. Bradley
Department of Healthcare Policy and Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
830 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219 
E-Mail: cjbradley@vcu.edu

David Neumark
Department of Economics
University of California at Irvine
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine, CA  92697
Tel: 949-824-8496
Fax: 949/824-2182
E-Mail: dneumark@uci.edu

Zhehui Luo

Heather Bednarek
E-Mail: bednarhl@slu.edu
AB  - We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under what conditions employment-contingent health insurance is likely to dampen the labor supply response. Second, we empirically evaluate this relationship using primary data. The results from our analysis find that -- as the model suggests is likely -- health shocks decrease labor supply to a greater extent among women insured by their spouse's policy than among women with health insurance through their own employer. Employment-contingent health insurance appears to create incentives to remain working and to work at a greater intensity when faced with a serious illness.
ER  -