Self-Employment and the Role of Health Insurance

Gulcin Gumus and Tracy Regan

No 3952, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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 find significant 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: CPS; self-employment; health insurance; ORG (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 J32 J48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2009-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ent, nep-hea, nep-ias and nep-lab
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Published - revised version published in: Journal of Business Venturing , 2015, 30 (3), 357-374

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