The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply

Laura Dague, Thomas DeLeire () and Lindsey Leininger ()
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Lindsey Leininger: University of Illinois at Chicago

No 8187, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of non-elderly, non-disabled adults without dependent children ("childless adults"). We use regression discontinuity and propensity score matching difference-in-differences methods to take advantage of the sudden imposition of an enrollment cap, comparing the labor supply of enrollees to eligible applicants on a waitlist. We find enrollment into public insurance leads to sizable and statistically meaningful reductions in employment up to at least 9 quarters later, with an estimated size of from 2 to 10 percentage points depending upon the model used.

Keywords: health insurance; labor supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2014-05
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Published - published in: American Econonomic Review, 2017, 9 (2), 124 - 154

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Journal Article: The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply (2017)
Working Paper: The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply (2014)
Working Paper: The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply (2014)
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