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Health-Insurance Coverage Rates for US Workers, 1979-2008

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  • Hye Jin Rho
  • John Schmitt

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This study estimates rates of all forms of health insurance coverage for workers aged 18 to 64, by wage quintiles, over the past three decades. This analysis looks at health insurance from any source, while other reports (with rare exceptions) look at only employer-provided health coverage. This report provides trends from 1979 to 2008, while even the Census Bureau typically presents data starting from only either 1987 or 1999 (due to methodology changes made in those two years). The Census Bureau also does not publish data for workers, as this report does.

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  • Hye Jin Rho & John Schmitt, 2010. "Health-Insurance Coverage Rates for US Workers, 1979-2008," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2010-06, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
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    1. John Schmitt, 2008. "The Decline of Good Jobs:," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 51(1), pages 5-25.
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    1. John Schmitt, 2012. "Low-wage Lessons," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2012-03, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
    2. John Schmitt & Hye Jin Rho & Nicole Woo, 2011. "Diversity and Change: Asian American and Pacific Islander Workers," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2011-16, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
    3. John Schmitt & Janelle Jones, 2013. "Making Jobs Good," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(4), pages 6-21.
    4. John Schmitt & Janelle Jones, 2012. "Bad Jobs on the Rise," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2012-23, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
    5. John Schmitt & Janelle Jones, 2012. "Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2012-20, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).

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    Keywords

    workers; health insurance; health care coverage;
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    JEL classification:

    • J - Labor and Demographic Economics
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • I - Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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