| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 961926 | Journal of Health Economics | 2011 | 12 Pages |
Abstract
Premium subsidies have been advocated as an alternative to social health insurance. These subsidies are paid if expenditure on health insurance exceeds a given share of income. In this paper, we examine whether this approach is superior to social health insurance from a welfare perspective. We show that the results crucially depend on the correlation of health and productivity. For a positive correlation, we find that combining premium subsidies with social health insurance is the optimal policy.
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Authors
Mathias Kifmann, Kerstin Roeder,