 Firm quality and health maintenanceAnikó Bíró and Péter Elek Journal of Health Economics, 2025, vol. 103, issue C Abstract: We estimate the impact of firm quality – primarily measured by the firm-level wage premium – on the health maintenance of employees. Using linked employer–employee administrative panel data from Hungary, we analyze the dynamics of healthcare use before and after moving to a new firm. We show that moving to a higher-paying firm leads to higher consumption of drugs for cardiovascular conditions and more diagnostic and primary care visits, without evidence of deteriorating physical health, and, among men and older workers, to lower consumption of medications for mental health conditions. The results are robust to using alternative firm quality indicators based on productivity and worker flows, and to controlling for firm size, individual wage, and possible peer effects. The results suggest that higher-paying firms provide beneficial health-related amenities via the detection of previously undiagnosed chronic physical illnesses and improved mental health. Plausible mechanisms include higher-quality occupational health check-ups and less stressful working conditions. Keywords: Firm amenities; Firm-level wage premium; Healthcare use; Mover identification; Preventive care (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jhecon:v:103:y:2025:i:c:s0167629625000803 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2025.103045 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Health Economics is currently edited by J. P. Newhouse, A. J. Culyer, R. Frank, K. Claxton and T. McGuire More articles in Journal of Health Economics from Elsevier |
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