Abstract
I consider the labor-market effects of mandates which raise the costs of employing a demographically identifiable group. The efficiency of these policies will be largely dependent on the extent to which their costs are shifted to group-specific wages. I study several state and federal mandates which stipulated that childbirth be covered comprehensively in health insurance plans, raising the relative cost of insuring women of childbearing age. I find substantial shifting of the costs of these mandates to the wages of the targeted group. Correspondingly, I find little effect on total labor input for that group.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Cost Allocation / trends
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Data Collection
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Employer Health Costs / statistics & numerical data
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Female
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Health Benefit Plans, Employee / economics
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Health Benefit Plans, Employee / legislation & jurisprudence*
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Health Benefit Plans, Employee / statistics & numerical data
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Health Services Research
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Humans
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Insurance Benefits / legislation & jurisprudence
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Insurance Benefits / statistics & numerical data
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Maternal Health Services / economics*
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Maternal Health Services / legislation & jurisprudence
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Maternal Health Services / statistics & numerical data
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Pregnancy
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Regression Analysis
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Salaries and Fringe Benefits / trends
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Socioeconomic Factors
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United States