Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness, and Labor Supply of Women: Evidence from Married Women with Breast Cancer

Cathy Bradley, David Neumark, Zhehui Luo () and Heather L. Bednarek

PPIC Working Papers from Public Policy Institute of California

Abstract: We examine the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on married women's labor supply following a health shock. First, we develop a theoretical model that examines the effects of employment-contingent health insurance on the labor supply response to a health shock, to clarify under what conditions employment-contingent health insurance is likely to dampen the labor supply response. Second, we empirically evaluate this relationship using primary data. The results from our analysis find that-as the model suggests is likely-health shocks decrease labor supply to a greater extent among women insured by their spouse's policy than among women with health insurance through their own employer. Employment-contingent health insurance appears to create incentives to remain working and to work at a greater intensity when faced with a serious illness.

Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2005-04
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Journal Article: Employment‐contingent health insurance, illness, and labor supply of women: evidence from married women with breast cancer (2007)
Working Paper: Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness, and Labor Supply of Women: Evidence from Married Women with Breast Cancer (2005)
Working Paper: Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness, and Labor Supply of Women: Evidence from Married Women with Breast Cancer (2005)
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