Labor market effects of Hawaii's mandatory employer-provided health insurance.
The author analyzes how mandatory employer provision of health insurance in Hawaii, which became law in 1974, affected workers' wages, employment, and insurance coverage. Between 1970 and 1990, the Hawaiian industries most affected by the mandate had slower wage growth than other Hawaiian industrie...
| Publicado en: | Industrial & Labor Relations Review Vol. 51; pp. 117 - 136 |
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Cornell University
October 1997
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