Are Married Spouses Insured by their Partners’ Social Insurance?

We use a Swedish sickness insurance reform to show that among married couples a partner’s benefit level affects spousal labour supply. The spousal elasticity of sick days with respect to the partner’s benefit is estimated to be 0.4, which is about one-fourth of the own labor supply elasticity. It is argued the main part of this effect is an insurance income effect.

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Year of publication:	2011-06-22
Authors:	Olsson, Martin ; Skogman Thoursie, Peter
Institutions:	Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)
Subject:	Spousal labor supply \| Spill-over \| Social insurance programs

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Paper Series.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	The text is part of a series Working Paper Series Number 875 7 pages
Classification:	D10 - Household Behavior and Family Economics. General ; J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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