Browsing by Subject "Small business"

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Do small group health insurance regulations influence small business size?

Kapur, Kanika ; Karaca-Mandic, Pinar ; Gates, Susan M. ; Fulton, Brent (University College Dublin; School of Economics, 2006-11)

The cost of health insurance has been the primary concern of small business owners for several decades. State small group health insurance reforms, implemented in the 1990s, aimed to control the variability of health ...
Health savings accounts for small businesses and entrepreneurs : shopping, take-Up and implementation challenges

Gates, Susan M. ; Karaca-Mandic, Pinar ; Burgdorf, James R. ; Kapur, Kanika (University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-11)

A combination of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) holds promise for expanding health insurance for small firms. We provide information on HSA take-up and shopping behavior from a 2008 ...
The impact of the health insurance market on small firm employment

Kapur, Kanika (Blackwell, 2004)

Small firms that offer health insurance to their employees may face variable premiums if they hire employees with high expected health costs. To avoid expensive premium variability, small firms may attempt to maintain a ...