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.
Working Paper No. 875
Are Married Spouses Insured by their Partners’ Social Insurance?
Working Paper
Reference
Olsson, Martin and Peter Skogman Thoursie (2011). “Are Married Spouses Insured by their Partners’ Social Insurance?”. IFN Working Paper No. 875. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
Olsson, Martin and Peter Skogman Thoursie (2011). “Are Married Spouses Insured by their Partners’ Social Insurance?”. IFN Working Paper No. 875. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
Authors
Martin Olsson, Peter Skogman Thoursie
