Access to Employment -Based Insurance Among Welfare Recipients in Los Angeles County: Offering, Eligibility and Participation
This report combines analysis of firm-level insurance data with welfare and employment
information to explore the availability of employment-based insurance for welfare recipients
who are transitioning into the labor market in Los Angeles County. To understand the complex
and dynamic nature of this issue, multiple data sources are utilized to provide information from
the perspective of both welfare recipients who are transitioning into the labor market (laborsupply
side) and the firms that employ them (labor-demand side). The primary data sources
include an employer benefits survey completed in 2000, administrative welfare and employment
data covering a period from 1996 to 2001, and a survey of recent welfare recipients conducted
in 2002/2003.
