Download This PaperAre Married Spouses Insured by Their Partners’ Social Insurance?
8 Pages Posted: 17 Jul 2012
Date Written: June 22, 2011
Abstract
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.
Keywords: spousal labor supply, spill-over, social insurance programs
JEL Classification: D10, J13, J22
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Olsson, Martin and Skogman Thoursie, Peter, Are Married Spouses Insured by Their Partners’ Social Insurance? (June 22, 2011). IFN Working Paper No. 875, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2111148 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2111148
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