Ongoing Research - Employment-Based Coverage

Employment-Based Coverage research examines issues at the core of the health insurance coverage debate, addressing such topics as the impact of the macroeconomy, premium, and subsidies on coverage.

Employment and Adverse Selection in Health Insurance

Jayanta Bhattacharya: Stanford Medical School
William B. Vogt: Carnegie Mellon University

Job Sorting for Employer Sponsored Insurance Offers: Do All Workers Have the Same Options?

Linda J. Blumberg: The Urban Institute
Maria Cancian: University of Wisconsin

The Effect of Geographic Access to Jobs on Job Sorting and Access to Health Insurance

Richard Hirth, Reagan Baughman, and Michael Chernew: University of Michigan

This project seeks to understand the extent to which lower skilled workers face barriers to sorting into jobs offering health insurance.

Where Do the Sick Go? Health Insurance and Enrollment in Small and Large Firms

Kanika Kapur, Susan Marquis, and Jose Escarce: RAND

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 maintain a workforce with low expected health costs. This proposal will examine the magnitude of employment distortions as a result of this situation.