Self-employment and the role of health insurance

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3952

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions ; Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy ; Analysis of Health Care Markets
• Subject: Health insurance ; self-employment ; CPS ; ORG ; Krankenversicherung ; Versicherungsschutz ; Selbstständige ; Steuerbegünstigung ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Gumus, Gulcin ; Regan, Tracy L.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35546
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090209226
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET