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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 H.; Maestas, Nicole; Mullen, Kathleen J.; … - 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/10010470887
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How important is health inequality for lifetime earnings inequality?
Hosseini, Roozbeh; Kopecky, Karen A.; Zhao, Kai - 2021
, individuals whose health is risky and heterogeneous choose to either work, or not work and apply for social security disability … States in poor health have low lifetime earnings is because they have a high probability of obtaining SSDI benefits. In other … ante welfare improving and, if anything, should be expanded. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392392
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The impact of placing adolescent males into foster care on their education, income assistance and incarcerations
Warburton, William P.; Warburton, Rebecca N.; Sweetman, … - 2011
Understanding the causal impacts of taking youth on the margins of risk into foster care is an element of the evidence-base on which policy development for this crucial function of government relies. Yet, there is little research looking at these causal impacts; neither is there much empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274717
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The Impact of Placing Adolescent Males into Foster Care on Their Education, Income Assistance and Incarcerations
Warburton, William P. - 2011
Understanding the causal impacts of taking youth on the margins of risk into foster care is an element of the evidence-base on which policy development for this crucial function of government relies. Yet, there is little research looking at these causal impacts; neither is there much empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131415
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Self-Employment and Health Care Reform : Evidence from Massachusetts
Becker, Thealexa - 2014
We study the effect of the Massachusetts health care reform on the uninsured rate and the self-employment rate in the state. The reform required all individuals to obtain health insurance, required most employers to offer health insurance to their employees, formed a private marketplace that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043418
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The impact of placing adolescent males into foster care on their education, income assistance and incarcerations
Warburton, William P.; Warburton, Rebecca N.; Sweetman, … - 2011
Understanding the causal impacts of taking youth on the margins of risk into foster care is an element of the evidence-base on which policy development for this crucial function of government relies. Yet, there is little research looking at these causal impacts; neither is there much empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009124730
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Spillover Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Private Premiums : Evidence from Cost-Sharing Subsidy Thresholds
Ellis, Cameron; Esson, Meghan; Frederick, Joshua - 2019
The Affordable Care Act is one of the most debated and dividing pieces of legislation in recent memory. One of the main elements of the ACA is the optional expansion of Medicaid eligibility to 138\% of the federal poverty line. The current debate has focused on the direct effects of the newly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125416
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Medicaid-ing uninsurance? : the impact of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion on uninsurance spells
Heim, Bradley T.; Lurie, Ithai; Patel, Elena; Ramnath, … - 2023
We study the effect of the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion on coverage dynamics following the sudden loss of coverage from an employer plan. This analysis leverages novel administrative data capturing monthly health insurance coverage for the U.S. population. Using these data, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014422340
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The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Is Shifting Resources away from Low-Income Children
Blahous, Charles; Sigaud, Liam - 2022
In this study, we find that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is generally associated in expansion states with a shift of program financial resources away from children toward nonaged nondisabled adults. We examine Medicaid expenditures per capita for beneficiary categories...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014264960
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Rehabilitation of mental illness and chronic pain : the impact on sick leave and health
Hägglund, Pathric; Johansson, Per-Olov; Laun, Lisa - 2015
This paper exploits a government initiative to analyze the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for individuals with mild or moderate mental illness and multidisciplinary treatment (MDT) for individuals with pain in back and shoulders. We employ a propensity score matching approach to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373151