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

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Laura Dague; Thomas DeLeire; Lindsey Leininger

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Project Citation:

Dague, Laura, DeLeire, Thomas, and Leininger, Lindsey. Replication data for: The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114630V1

Project Description

Summary: This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of non-elderly, nondisabled adults without dependent children ("childless adults"). We take advantage of the sudden imposition of an enrollment cap in Wisconsin, comparing the labor supply of enrollees to eligible applicants placed on a waitlist using a regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences methods. We find enrollment into public insurance leads to sizable and statistically meaningful reductions in employment, with an estimated effect size of just over 5 percentage points, a 12 percent decline. Confidence intervals rule out positive and large negative effects.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Regression Discontinuity; Difference-in-differences; matching

JEL Classification:
      G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
      H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
      I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
      I18 Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
      I38 Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply

Geographic Coverage: Wisconsin

Time Period(s): 1/1/2005 – 12/31/2011

Universe: enrolled and waitlisted applicants for a health insurance program

Data Type(s): administrative records data

Methodology

Data Source: State of Wisconsin Medicaid Administrative data linked to earnings records from unemployment insurance system

Unit(s) of Observation: Person-quarter,

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V1 [2019-10-13]

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