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US Farm households: joint decision making and impact of health insurance on labor market outcomes

Authors: Latika Bharadwaj, Jill Findeis, Sachin Chintawar

Published in: Health Economics Review | Issue 1/2013

Abstract

The paper attempts to answer a very simple question: how does a farm household respond as a unit in the labor market when benefits or health insurance is tied to employer provided jobs. One of the major changes affecting US agriculture has been a decline in the number of farms and an increase in the multiple job-holding, especially among farm women to fulfill various objectives ranging from helping out with farm expenses or securing benefits like health insurance. In addition to this, the new health care law or “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA”) to be operational by 2014 requires that all individuals be covered by a health plan. Hence, it’s important to understand the relationship between health insurance and labor markets to appropriately identify the impact of health policy reform for farm families.

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Title: US Farm households: joint decision making and impact of health insurance on labor market outcomes
Authors: Latika Bharadwaj
Jill Findeis
Sachin Chintawar
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Health Economics Review / Issue 1/2013
Electronic ISSN: 2191-1991
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-1991-3-16

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