Keywords
health insurance portability, job mobility, retirement decisions
Abstract
Concern over the lack of portability associated with employer-provided health insurance has precipitated a recent flurry of research activity on the effects of health insurance on labor market outcomes. Several estimates suggest that the costs associated with changing doctors and losing coverage for preexisting conditions are sufficient to deter individuals from changing jobs. These costs may be particularly important for older individuals contemplating retirement because a departure from the labor force may involve not only a change in doctors or lack of coverage for preexisting conditions but a complete loss of access to employer-provided group health insurance.
Original Publication Citation
“Does Medicare Eligibility Affect Retirement?” 1998. In David A. Wise, editor, Inquiries in the Economics of Aging. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 109-131 (with Nancy Dean Beaulieu). http://www.nber.org/chapters/c7083.pdf
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Madrian, Brigitte C. and Beaulieu, Nancy Dean, "Does Medicare Eligibility Affect Retirement?" (1998). Faculty Publications. 9099.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9099
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1998
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Finance
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