We provide new evidence on households’ labor supply responses to fatal and severe nonfatal health shocks in the short run and medium run. To identify causal effects, we leverage administrative data on Danish families and construct counterfactuals using households that experience the same event a few years apart. Fatal events lead to considerable increases in surviving spouses’ labor supply, which the evidence suggests is driven by families who experience significant income losses. Nonfatal shocks have no meaningful effects on spousal labor supply, consistent with their adequate insurance coverage. The results support self-insurance as a driving mechanism for the family labor supply responses. (JEL D12, D15, G22, I12, J22)

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家庭劳动力供应对严重健康冲击的反应：来自丹麦行政记录的证据

我们提供了关于家庭劳动力供应对短期和中期致命和严重非致命性健康冲击的反应的新证据。为了确定因果关系，我们利用丹麦家庭的管理数据，并使用相隔几年经历相同事件的家庭构建反事实。致命事件导致幸存配偶的劳动力供应大幅增加，证据表明这是由遭受重大收入损失的家庭推动的。非致命性冲击对配偶劳动力供应没有有意义的影响，这与其足够的保险范围相一致。结果支持自我保险作为家庭劳动力供给反应的驱动机制。(JEL D12, D15, G22, I12, J22)