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| Title: | | Self-employment and the role of health insurance  |
| Authors: | | Gumus, Gulcin Regan, Tracy L. |
| Issue Date: | | 2009 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA discussion papers 3952 |
| Abstract: | | 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. |
| Subjects: | | Health insurance self-employment CPS ORG |
| JEL: | | J32 J48 I11 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090209226 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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