Abstract:
:We examine whether the availability of subsidized health insurance to the non-working population in Taiwan affected the labor force participation of married women. Our empirical identification exploits the fact that such insurance was first made available to wives of government employees, before being made universally available in Taiwan in 1995. We find that the availability of insurance for non-workers was associated with a 4 percentage point decline in labor force participation among married women, with larger declines among women from low income households. Countries considering universal health insurance as in Taiwan should anticipate similar declines in labor force participation.
journal_name
J Health Econjournal_title
Journal of health economicsauthors
Chou YJ,Staiger Ddoi
10.1016/s0167-6296(00)00075-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2001-03-01 00:00:00pages
187-211issue
2eissn
0167-6296issn
1879-1646pii
S0167-6296(00)00075-8journal_volume
20pub_type
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