Employer Sponsored Medical Benefits

The Influence of Occupational Characteristics and Gender

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ID2276646
AuthorsKaren Seccombe (University of Florida, corresponding author)
Year1993
Volume34
Issue4
Pages557-580
Publication date1993-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1533-8525.1993.tb00106.x
OpenAlexW2071866441
LanguageEN
Citations received15
References cited39

This research investigates gender differences in employer-sponsored medical fringe benefits: health insurance, dental insurance, sick leave, life insurance, and eye care coverage. Using data from a nationally representative sample of workers in the United States, human capital and structural theoretical approaches are drawn upon to explain the receipt of these benefits. The data suggest (a) men were more likely than women to receive each medical benefits from their employer; (b) occupational conditions largely account for the gender differences in coverage; (c) structural conditions of the occupation were more likely to predict the receipt of employer-sponsored medical benefits than were human capital attributes; (d) hazardous working conditions were not compensated for with medical benefits, with the exception of eye care coverage; and (e) gender did influence the relationship between several occupational conditions and benefit coverage

Actuarial science · Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Human capital · Labour economics · Receipt · Sample (material) · Sick leave · Accounting · Global Health Care Issues · Healthcare Policy and Management · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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