Browsing by Subject "Employer-sponsored health insurance--United States"

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Is employer-based health insurance a barrier to entrepreneurship?

Fairlie, Robert W. ; Kapur, Kanika ; Gates, Susan M. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-01)

The focus on employer-provided health insurance in the United States may restrict business creation. We address the limited research on the topic of “entrepreneurship lock” by using recent panel data from matched Current ...
Job lock : evidence from a regression discontinuity design

Fairlie, Robert W. ; Kapur, Kanika ; Gates, Susan M. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-04)

Employer-provided health insurance in the United States is suspected of restricting job mobility, resulting in “job lock.” Previous research on job lock finds mixed results using several methodologies. We take a new ...