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1 the effect of self-employed health insurance subsidies on self- employment (2010).
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Heim, Bradley T. Lurie, Ithai Z. |
| Abstract | Abstract. This paper estimates the effect of an increase in the deductibility of health insurance premiums for self-employed individuals on the probability of being self-employed. Using a panel of tax returns from 1999 to 2004, we estimate fixed effects instrumental variable regressions for the probability of being self-employed, entering into self-employment, and exiting from self-employment. Our results suggest that this policy increased the probability of being self-employed by 1.5 percentage points, and increased the probability that a taxpayer would be primarily or exclusively self-employed by 1.1 and 0.35 percentage points respectively. These effects explain about a third to a half of the total increase in self-employment by these definitions over the sample period. We also find that the probability of entering self-employment increased by 0.8 percentage points and find suggestive evidence that the probability of exit decreased by 2.8 percentage points. |
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| Publisher Date | 2010-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Percentage Point Self-employed Health Insurance Subsidy Self Employment Self-employed Individual Total Increase Tax Return Effect Instrumental Variable Regression Sample Period Health Insurance Premium Suggestive Evidence |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
