Recent trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage: Are bad jobs getting worse?

Henry S. Farber; Helen Levy

doi:10.1016/S0167-6296(99)00027-2

Recent trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage: Are bad jobs getting worse?

Henry S. Farber, Helen Levy

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Abstract

We examine whether the decline in the availability of employer-provided health insurance is a phenomenon common to all jobs or is concentrated only on certain jobs. We find that declines in own-employer insurance coverage over the 1988-1997 period are driven primarily by declines in takeup for long-term full-time workers and declines in eligibility for new and part-time workers. We also look at trends by workers' education level, and see how much of the decline in is offset by an increase in coverage through a spouse’s policy.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	646
Pages (from-to)	93-119
Number of pages	27
Journal	Journal of Health Economics
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6296(99)00027-2
State	Published - 2000

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Health Policy

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Employer-sponsored health insurance
Nonwage compensation

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