The U.S. Health Care System and Labor Markets

Brigitte C. Madrian

No 11980, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: 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.

JEL-codes: I10 J3 J6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hea, nep-ias and nep-lab
Date: 2006-01
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