Browsing Economics Working Papers & Policy Papers, 1982 -- August 2011 by Author "Kapur, Kanika"

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Browsing Economics Working Papers & Policy Papers, 1982 -- August 2011 by Author "Kapur, Kanika"

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Do patients bypass rural hospitals? Determinants of inpatient hospital choice in rural California

Escarce, José J. ; Kapur, Kanika (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-01)

Rural hospitals play a crucial role in providing healthcare to rural Americans, a vulnerable and underserved population; however, rural hospitals have faced threats to their financial viability and many have closed as a ...
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 insurance transitions after retirement : did HIPAA expand coverage for retirees?

Kapur, Kanika ; Rogowski, Jeannette (University College Dublin; School of Economics, 2006-11)

The near elderly are a vulnerable segment of the population with high-expected medical expenses. Individuals who retire before Medicare eligibility may lose employer provided health insurance, and may face a potentially ...
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 ...
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 ...
The role of health insurance in joint retirement among married couples

Kapur, Kanika ; Rogowski, Jeannette (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2006-11)

This paper examines the role of employer provided health insurance in the retirement decisions of dual working couples. The near elderly have high-expected medical expenditures; therefore, availability of health insurance ...
Where do the sick go? Health insurance and employment in small and large firms

Kapur, Kanika ; Escarce, José J. ; Marquis, M. Susan ; Simon, Kosali I. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2006-11)

Small firms that offer health insurance to their employees may face variable premiums if the firm hires an employee with high-expected health costs. To avoid expensive premium variability, a small firm may attempt to ...