Self-Employment and the Role of Health Insurance

Gulcin Gumus and Tracy Regan

No 910, Working Papers from University of Miami, Department of Economics

Abstract: We investigate the effect of health insurance on labor market transitions in and out of self-employment as well as on the likelihood of being self-employed. We consider the role of individual health insurance coverage along with that from a spouse. Next, we examine a series of tax deductions granted to the self-employed through amendments made to the 1986 Tax Reform Act. Using data from the Current Population Survey for 1996-2007, we ï¬ nd signiï¬ cant but small effects of the after-tax health insurance premium on the entry rate, with no effect on exits from self-employment or the likelihood of being self-employed.

Keywords: Health insurance; self-employment; CPS; ORG (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 J32 J48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2007-11
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Working Paper: Self-Employment and the Role of Health Insurance (2009)
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