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The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply
DeLeire, Thomas; Dague, Laura; Leininger, Lindsey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950767
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Spousal Labor Market Effects from Government Health Insurance: Evidence from a Veterans Affairs Expansion
Lahey, Joanna N.; Boyle, Melissa A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
the labor market behavior of the wives of older male veterans and non-veterans before and after the VA health benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951316
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The New Full-time Employment Taxes
Mulligan, Casey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The Affordable Care Act introduces or expands taxes on incomes and full-time employment, beginning in 2014. The purpose of this paper is to characterize the new full-time employment taxes from the perspective of a household budget constraint, measure their magnitude, and assess their likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271472
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The Effect of Medicaid Expansions in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s on the Labor Supply of Pregnant Women
Dave, Dhaval M.; Kaestner, Robert; Simon, Kosali Ilayperuma - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
A substantial body of research has found that expansions in Medicaid eligibility increased enrollment in Medicaid, reduced the rate of uninsured, and reduced the rate of private health insurance coverage (i.e., crowd out). Notably, there has been little research that has examined the mechanism...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796547
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The Economics of Work Schedules under the New Hours and Employment Taxes
Mulligan, Casey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Hours, employment, and income taxes are economically distinct, and all three are either introduced or expanded by the Affordable Care Act beginning in 2014. The tax wedges push some workers to work more hours per week (for the weeks that they are on a payroll), and others to work less, with an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821849
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Does Delay Cause Decay? The Effect of Administrative Decision Time on the Labor Force Participation and Earnings of Disability Applicants
Autor, David; Maestas, Nicole; Mullen, Kathleen J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants and distinguishes it from the discouragement effect of receiving disability benefits … differences in processing speed among disability examiners to whom applicants are randomly assigned, we find that longer … concentrated among applicants awarded benefits during their initial application. A one standard deviation (2.1 month) increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011119820
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From Empty Pews to Empty Cradles: Fertility Decline Among European Catholics
Berman, Eli; Iannaccone, Laurence R.; Ragusa, Giuseppe - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
, especially before the Council, reflecting differences in Church provision of education, health, welfare and other social services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951461
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Transfer Program Complexity and the Take Up of Social Benefits
Kopczuk, Wojciech; Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
policy may feature benefits that are higher than this target minimum. This is because benefits generically screen better than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005087468
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Immigrants, Welfare Reform, and the U.S. Safety Net
Bitler, Marianne P.; Hoynes, Hilary Williamson - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Beginning with the 1996 federal welfare reform law many of the central safety net programs in the U.S. eliminated … eligibility not only for cash welfare assistance for families with children, but also for food stamps, Medicaid, SCHIP, and SSI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652907
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Social Welfare Expenditures in the United States and the Nordic Countries: 1900-2003
Fishback, Price Vanmeter - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
early 2000s. The common view that America spends much less on social welfare than the Nordic countries does not survive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008601660