Title

Employee Benefits and Labor Markets in Canada and the United States

Year

2000

Abstract

Alpert and Woodbury present a comprehensive set of explorations into the impacts that the provision of various types of employee benefits (or lack thereof) have on labor markets. And while there are, as the editors point out, substantial differences between the employee benefits systems of Canada and the U.S., these differences showcase the impacts of specific policies related to employee benefits on labor markets.

Contents

Introduction / William T. Alpert, Stephen A. Woodbury

Does the Composition of Pay Matter? / Sherwin Rosen

Part I. Worker Availability and Labor Supply

1. Child Care and the Supply of Labor in Canada and the United States / Charles Michalopoulos, Philip K. Robins
2. An Economic Model of Employee Benefits and Labor Supply / Paul Fronstin
3. The Economics of Family and Medical Leave in Canada and the United States / Eileen Trzcinski, William T. Alpert

Part II. Labor Demand

4. Payroll Taxation, Employer Mandates, and the Labor Market / Jonathan Gruber
5. Fringe Benefits and Employment / Masanori Hashimoto

Part III. Labor Market Adjustment and Equity

6. Family Health Benefits and Worker Turnover / Dan A. Black
Part-Time Work, Health Insurance Coverage, and the Wages of Married Women / Craig A. Olson
8. Employer-Provided versus Publicly Provided Health Insurance / Janet Hunt-McCool, Thomas J. McCool, Avi Dor
9. Employee Benefits and the Distribution of Income and Wealth / Daniel J. Slottje, Stephen A. Woodbury, Rod W. Anderson

Part IV. Pensions

10. Public Pension Plans in the United States and Canada / Morley Gunderson, Douglas Hyatt, James E. Pesando
11. Current Policy Issues Towards Private Pensions in Canada and the United States / Stuart Dorsey
12. Labor-Market Effects of Canadian and U.S. Pension Tax Policy / James E. Pesando, John A. Turner
13. Did the Decline in Marginal Tax Rates during the 1980s Reduce Pension Coverage? / Patricia B. Reagan, John A. Turner

ISBN

9780880992060;9780880992053 (paper)

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Retirement and pensions; Pensions; Wages and benefits; Nonwage benefits