Dynamics of health and labor market risks

Haan, Peter; Myck, Michał

doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2009.09.001

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“…Respondents are asked how they would describe their current state of health on a five-point scale (1=very good; 2=good; 3=satisfactory; 4=poor; 5=very poor). Such subjective measures are commonly used in the literature (e.g., Benitez-Silva and Ni, 2008;Haan and Myck, 2009) and are generally viewed as good overall reflections of individual physical as well as mental health, at least if the analysis is confined to a single 16 The last year is only used to determine if a transition to self-employment occurred between 2011 and 2012.…”

Section: Individual Household Panel Datamentioning

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Public Health Insurance and Entry into Self-Employment

Fossen

König

2015

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. We estimate the impact of a differential treatment of paid employees versus self-employed workers in a public health insurance system on the entry rate into entrepreneurship. In Germany, the public health insurance system is mandatory for most paid employees, but not for the selfemployed, who usually buy private health insurance. Private health insurance contributions are relatively low for the young and healthy, and until 2013 also for males, but less attractive at the other ends of these dimensions and if membership in the public health insurance allows other family members to be covered by contribution-free family insurance. Therefore, the health insurance system can create incentives or disincentives to starting up a business depending on the family's situation and health. We estimate a discrete time hazard rate model of entrepreneurial entry based on representative household panel data for Germany, which include personal health information, and we account for non-random sample selection. We estimate that an increase in the health insurance cost differential between self-employed workers and paid employees by 100 euro per month decreases the annual probability of entry into selfemployment by 0.38 percentage points, i.e. about a third of the average annual entry rate. The results show that the phenomenon of entrepreneurship lock, which an emerging literature describes for the system of employer provided health insurance in the USA, can also occur in a public health insurance system. Therefore, entrepreneurial activity should be taken into account when discussing potential health care reforms, not only in the USA and in Germany. Terms of use: Documents inJEL classification: L26, I13, J2.

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Section: Individual Household Panel Datamentioning

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Public Health Insurance and Entry into Self-Employment

Fossen

König

2015

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“…From a theoretical perspective, the relationship between health and labor-force participation is not self-evident and potentially endogenous due to the dual causal connection between these variables (Benjamin et al 2003;Haan and Myck 2009). The decision to work at older ages is affected by health, but employment may also have positive or negative impact on health, through income and time devoted to work, working conditions, or job satisfaction.…”

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Transitions between states of labor-force participation among older Israelis

2014

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The study examines the labor-force behavior of Israelis at older ages, focusing on the determinants of the transitions between states of labor-force participation between 2005 and 2010. The study uses panel data from the first two waves of the SHARE-Israel longitudinal survey. A multinomial logit model is used to examine the impact of sociodemographic characteristics, health state, and economic resources on labor-force transitions of people aged 50-67. The results emphasize the role of age and poor health in ''pushing'' older people out of the labor force or ''keeping'' them there. Spouse's participation is found to encourage individuals to leave the labor force or to refrain from joining it. However, living with a participating spouse is negatively associated with staying out of the labor force, consistent with the dominance of the complementarity of leisure effect found in the literature. Wealth as an economic resource available to individuals for retirement is also found to encourage individuals to leave the labor force or to refrain from joining it.

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“…Examples of such analysis are for example Disney et al (2006), Myck and Reed (2006), Kalwij and Vermeulen (2008) or Haan and Myck (2009). These approaches do not specifically identify the constraints but extend the standard approach by either detailed approach to modeling of financial incentives among the disabled (Myck and Reed, 2006) At this point it is also important to note, that a potentially important part of the population which, on the basis of the unemployment definition, is assigned to the unconstrained group, is in fact significantly limited in their choices.…”

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Family and Labor Market Choices: Requirements to Guide Effective Evidence-Based Policy

2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may Abstract:Microsimulation methods and models of labor market decisions have attracted a lot of attention as an approach to the assessment of consequences of family related policies in the area of labor market and fertility. We set these models in the context of relevant demographic theories and present them from the point of view of their potential as tool to guide effective policy making with the aim to reconcile the objectives of increasing female participation and fertility and reducing poverty levels among families with children. To develop an efficient and consistent institutional setup with the aim to target the above mentioned objectives it is essential to understand the role of policy in affecting these goals and in particular the interaction between the different measures.The discussion presented in this paper provides an overview of a particular type of approach to the analysis of policies with regard to these three goals, namely the use of microsimulation. We show the extent to which using microsimulation may inform the public debate on the degree of effectiveness of various policies, the difficulties faced by researchers in the area, and potential ways to address them. We pay special attention to the requirements in terms of research infrastructure which are essential to facilitate a comprehensive approach to evidence based policy making in this area.In the analysis we outline some key theories relating fertility and labor market outcomes from the demographic literature and discuss the interpretation of the economic model in this context. This in our view helps in understanding the advantages and limitations of the standard economic models of choice in these domains. The paper on the one hand offers a review of the existing literature on modeling of support for families with children and the resulting labor market and fertility outcomes using the micro-simulation approach. On the other hand, we discuss the research tools necessary for identification of key parameters determining the outcomes, thus allowing for assessment of policy measures. As we show all major assessments of implemented or planned policies require significant resources, both in the form of detailed data as well as complex microsimulation infrastructure.2 See, e.g. Blundell et al. (2000), , Haan and Myck (2007), Bargain et al. (2010). 4In Section 2 of this paper we provide a brief overview of the heterogeneity in female employment and fe...

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Dynamics of health and labor market risks

Cited by 88 publications

References 34 publications

Public Health Insurance and Entry into Self-Employment

Public Health Insurance and Entry into Self-Employment

Transitions between states of labor-force participation among older Israelis

Family and Labor Market Choices: Requirements to Guide Effective Evidence-Based Policy

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