The effects of unemployment rate fluctuations on private health insurance coverage in New Zealand
dc.contributor.author | Chamberlain D | |
dc.contributor.author | Menclova AK | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-05T01:27:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-05T01:27:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en |
dc.date.updated | 2019-11-20T21:41:04Z | |
dc.description.abstract | In this paper, we estimate the effect of changes in the unemployment rate on private health insurance coverage of New Zealanders using quarterly national data from 1999 to 2009. A one percentage-point increase in the unemployment rate is associated with a decrease of 9,843 lives covered by private health insurance or a 0.32 percentage point decrease in the coverage rate of the total New Zealand population – representing a change of 0.7-1.0% from the baseline. We also find some evidence of a stronger effect on men and the elderly and of an asymmetric effect on new insurance contracts vs. terminations. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Chamberlain D, Menclova AK (2015). The effects of unemployment rate fluctuations on private health insurance coverage in New Zealand. New Zealand Economic Papers. 49(2). 157-170. | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/00779954.2013.876699 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0077-9954 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1943-4863 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17752 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Informa UK Limited | en |
dc.subject | private health insurance | en |
dc.subject | unemployment rate | en |
dc.subject | New Zealand | en |
dc.subject.anzsrc | Field of Research::14 - Economics::1402 - Applied Economics::140211 - Labour Economics | en |
dc.subject.anzsrc | Fields of Research::38 - Economics::3801 - Applied economics::380108 - Health economics | en |
dc.title | The effects of unemployment rate fluctuations on private health insurance coverage in New Zealand | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | en |
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