Journal of Economic Perspectives
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Health Insurance and Income Inequality
Journal of Economic Perspectives
vol. 30,
no. 2, Spring 2016
(pp. 53–78)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
Health insurance and other in-kind forms of compensation and government benefits are typically not included in measures of income and analyses of inequality. This omission is important. Given the large and growing cost of health care in the United States and the presence of large government health insurance programs such as Medicaid and Medicare, it is crucial to understand how health insurance and related public policies contribute to measured economic well-being and inequality. Our paper assesses the effect on inequality of the primary government programs that affect health insurance.Citation
Kaestner, Robert, and Darren Lubotsky. 2016. "Health Insurance and Income Inequality." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 30 (2): 53–78. DOI: 10.1257/jep.30.2.53Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D31 Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
- G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
- I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- I31 General Welfare; Well-Being
- I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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