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

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

No 14-213, Upjohn Working Papers from W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Abstract: This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of nonelderly, nondisabled 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 that enrollment into public insurance leads to sizable and statistically meaningful reductions in employment up to at least nine quarters later, with an estimated size of 2–10 percentage points, depending on the model used.

Keywords: health insurance; labor supply; employment; Medicaid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I18 I38 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-04
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