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| Title: | | Health insurance availability and entrepreneurship  |
| Authors: | | DeCicca, Philip |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Upjohn Institute Working Paper 10-167 |
| Abstract: | | Despite a strong interest in entrepreneurship, economists have devoted little attention to the role of health insurance availability. I investigate the impact of a unique policy experiment - New Jersey's Individual Health Coverage Plan - on self-employment. Implemented in August 1993, the IHCP included an extensive set of reforms that loosened the historical connection between traditional employment and health insurance by facilitating access to coverage that was not employer-linked. I find evidence that the IHCP increased self-employment among New Jersey residents, relative to various sets of comparison states. Consistent with key policy features, including pure community rating of premiums, I find larger behavioral responses for unmarried, older, and observably less-healthy individuals. |
| Subjects: | | Health Insurance Entrepreneurship Job Lock |
| JEL: | | I18 J32 J62 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Upjohn Institute Working Papers, W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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