The Determinants of Rising Inequality in Health Insurance and Wages, Second Version

Rong Hai

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Abstract: What has caused the rising gap in health insurance coverage by education in the U.S. over the last thirty years? How does the employment-based health insurance market interact with the labor market? What are the effects of social insurance such as Medicaid? By developing and structurally estimating an equilibrium model, I find that the interaction between labor market technological changes and the cost growth of medical services explains 60% to 70% of the gap. Using counterfactual experiments, I also evaluate the impact of further Medicaid eligibility expansion and employer mandates introduced in the Affordable Care Act on labor and health insurance markets.

Keywords: Inequality; Human Capital; Health Insurance; Health Care Reform; Labor Market Equilibrium (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I13 J31 J32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 70 pages
Date: 2013-01-16, Revised 2013-12-21
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