TY  - JOUR
AU  - Madrian,Brigitte
TI  - The U.S. Health Care System and Labor Markets
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 11980
PY  - 2006
Y2  - January 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11980
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w11980.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Brigitte C. Madrian
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617-495-8917
Fax: 617-496-5960
E-Mail: Brigitte_Madrian@Harvard.edu
AB  - This paper provides a broad and general overview of the relationship between the U.S. health care system and the labor market. The paper first describes some of the salient features of and facts about the system of health insurance coverage in the U.S., particularly the role of employers. It then summarizes the empirical evidence on how health insurance impacts labor market outcomes such as wages, labor supply (including retirement, female labor supply, part-time vs. full-time work, and formal vs. informal sector work), labor demand (including hours worked and the composition of employment across full-time, part-time and temporary workers), and job turnover. It then discusses the implications of having a fragmented system of health insurance delivery--in which employers play a central role--on the health care system and health care outcomes.
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