Health insurance reform and part-time work. Evidence from Massachusetts.

Autor/inn/en	Dillender, Marcus O.; Heinrich, Carolyn J.; Houseman, Susan N.
Titel	Health insurance reform and part-time work. Evidence from Massachusetts. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Reform der Krankenversicherung und Teilzeitarbeit. Erkenntnisse aus Massachusetts.
Quelle	In: Labour economics, (2016) 43, S. 151-158 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0927-5371
DOI	10.1016/j.labeco.2016.05.017
Schlagwörter	Krankenversicherung; Pflicht; Arbeitszeitverkürzung; Betriebliche Sozialleistung; Reformpolitik; Beschäftigungseffekt; Versicherung; Vollzeitarbeit; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Qualifikation; Teilzeitbeschäftigung; Auswirkung; Arbeitgeber; Massachusetts; USA
Abstract	"A concern with requiring employers to provide health insurance to full-time employees is that employers may increase their use of part-time workers to circumvent the mandate. In this paper, we study the effect of the employer mandate in the Massachusetts health insurance reform on part-time work using a difference-indifferences strategy that compares changes in part-time work in Massachusetts after the reform to changes in various control groups. We find strong evidence that the Massachusetts employer mandate increased parttime employment among low-educated workers and some evidence that it increased part-time employment among younger workers. Our estimate of a 1.7 percentage point increase in part-time employment among workers without a college degree suggests that lower-skilled workers may be vulnerable to having their hours cut so that employers do not have to offer them health insurance." (Author's abstract, © 2016 Elsevier).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2017/2