2015
DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12169
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Health Insurance, Job Lock, and the Supply of Self-Employment

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“…Fairlie et al (2011) also found that spousal coverage acts to enlarge the impact of health insurance on business creation: it is considerably larger for individuals with spousal coverage than for those without spousal coverage [7]. Examining this issue from a different angle, Cai and Minniti (2011) found that employer-provided health insurance is negatively correlated to the likelihood of self-employment, "locking" employees in their current jobs [8], which implies that other types of health insurance programs (e.g., government-provided ones) may be able to create self-employment. (Note that not all studies found positive effects of health insurance on self-employment.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Fairlie et al (2011) also found that spousal coverage acts to enlarge the impact of health insurance on business creation: it is considerably larger for individuals with spousal coverage than for those without spousal coverage [7]. Examining this issue from a different angle, Cai and Minniti (2011) found that employer-provided health insurance is negatively correlated to the likelihood of self-employment, "locking" employees in their current jobs [8], which implies that other types of health insurance programs (e.g., government-provided ones) may be able to create self-employment. (Note that not all studies found positive effects of health insurance on self-employment.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…One view argues for a positive link because unemployed individuals with access to spousal health insurance are found to be more likely to become self-employed than those without [5]. The other argues for a negative link, in that people are more likely to work for companies that provide employer-sponsored insurance than to create their own business-as business owners, they would need to spend more on health care [6][7][8]. Although the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) has been implemented in rural China for more than a decade, which of the two views better describes its impact on entrepreneurship remains unknown.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…whether health insurance is tied to employment or not) (Le et al, 2019). Health insurance access either via the employer or a spousal package has been shown to be a significant determinant of being self-employed (Wellington, 2001;Gai and Minniti, 2015). Health insurance reforms that improve access to health insurance for the self-employed through fiscal tools (tax deductibility or tax subsidies) have been shown to increase the probability of self-employment (Heim and Lurie, 2010;Velamuri, 2012;Gumus and Regan, 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…On the other hand, entrepreneurship lock which implies a negative effect of employment-linked insurance on self-employment (Fairlie et al, 2011;Zissimopoulos and Karoly, 2007) is evidenced. We also find preliminary evidence of a self-employment effect of dependant coverage (Bailey, 2013;Jia, 2014) and spousal coverage (Wellington, 2001;Gai and Minniti, 2015) but the results are rather mixed and the number of existing studies on this topic is relatively thin.…”
Section: Labour Supply Effects Of Health Insurancementioning
confidence: 67%
“…whether health insurance is tied to employment or not) (see Chapter 2). Health insurance access either via the employer or a spousal package has been shown to be a significant determinant of being self-employed (Wellington, 2001;Gai and Minniti, 2015). Health insurance reforms that improve access to health insurance for the self-employed through fiscal tools (tax deductibility or tax subsidies) have been shown to increase the probability of self-employment (Heim and Lurie, 2010;Velamuri, 2012;Gumus and Regan, 2015).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%