Employment-based health insurance and misallocation: Implications for the macroeconomy (2016)
Journal Article
Chivers, D., Feng, Z., & Villamil, A. (2017). Employment-based health insurance and misallocation: Implications for the macroeconomy. Review of Economic Dynamics, 23, 125-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2016.09.002

Most working-age Americans obtain health insurance through the workplace. U.S. law requires employers to use a common price, but the value of insurance varies with idiosyncratic health risk. Hence, linking employment and health insurance creates a we... Read More about Employment-based health insurance and misallocation: Implications for the macroeconomy.