TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gumus, Gulcin
AU  - Regan, Tracy L.
        TI  - Self-Employment and the Role of Health Insurance
        PY  - 2009/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3952
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3952
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - CPS
KW  - self-employment
KW  - health insurance
KW  - ORG
        ER  -