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Author: Nielsen, Robert B.
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1. Chatterjee, Swarnankur
Nielsen, Robert B.
Employer-Provided Health Insurance Coverage: A Comparison of Employed Native-born and Immigrant Americans
Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 40,1 (September 2011): 15-27.
Also: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1552-3934.2011.02085.x/abstract
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: Wiley Online
Keyword(s): Benefits, Insurance; Employment; Immigrants; Insurance, Health; Job Tenure

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This research examined differences in employer-based health insurance coverage among employed native-born Americans and immigrants using cross-sectional and panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey, cohort 1979 (NLSY79). Compared with native-born Americans, immigrants were 10.5% less likely to have employer-based health insurance when controlling for other social and economic characteristics. Income and educational attainment of immigrants along with length of stay were predictors of employer-based coverage. Occupational characteristics such as job tenure, full-time employment, and union membership were positively associated with having employer-based health insurance coverage.
Bibliography Citation
Chatterjee, Swarnankur and Robert B. Nielsen. "Employer-Provided Health Insurance Coverage: A Comparison of Employed Native-born and Immigrant Americans." Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 40,1 (September 2011): 15-27.