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dc.contributor.authorDeCicca, Philipen
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-08-
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-26T12:54:18Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-26T12:54:18Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.17848/wp10-167en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/64329-
dc.description.abstractDespite 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aW.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research |cKalamazoo, MIen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aUpjohn Institute Working Paper |x10-167en
dc.subject.jelI18en
dc.subject.jelJ32en
dc.subject.jelJ62en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHealth Insuranceen
dc.subject.keywordEntrepreneurshipen
dc.subject.keywordJob Locken
dc.subject.stwSelbstständigeen
dc.subject.stwKrankenversicherungen
dc.subject.stwVersicherungsschutzen
dc.subject.stwNew Jerseyen
dc.titleHealth insurance availability and entrepreneurship-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn63865789Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:upj:weupjo:10-167en

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