Does employer-provided health insurance constrain labor supply adjustments to health shocks? New evidence on women diagnosed with breast cancer

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 833-849

  Bradley, Cathy J ^a   Neumark, David ^b,c   Barkowski, Scott ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d IZA ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Health insurance; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

CANCER; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; INCENTIVE; LABOR SUPPLY; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE ELIGIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LABOR SUPPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PENSION; SOCIAL STATUS;

HEALTH INSURANCE; I13; J01; LABOR SUPPLY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880948551     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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