TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bradley, Cathy J.
AU  - Neumark, David
AU  - Luo, Zhehui
AU  - Bednarek, Heather L.
        TI  - Employment-Contingent Health Insurance, Illness, and Labor Supply of Women: Evidence from Married Women with Breast Cancer
        PY  - 2005/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1577
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1577
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - cancer
KW  - labor supply
KW  - health shock
KW  - health insurance
        ER  -