%0 Report
        %A Cawley, John
%A Moriya, Asako S.
%A Simon, Kosali
        %T The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession
        %D 2011
        %8 2011 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6124
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6124
        %X This paper investigates the impact of the macroeconomy on the health insurance coverage of Americans using panel data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) for 2004-2010, a period that includes the Great Recession of 2007-09. We find that a one percentage point increase in the state unemployment rate is associated with a 1.67 percentage point (2.12%) reduction in the probability that men have health insurance; this effect is strongest among college-educated, white, and older (50-64 year old) men. We estimate that 9.3 million Americans, the vast majority of whom were adult men, lost health insurance due to a higher unemployment rate alone during the 2007-09 recession. We conclude with a discussion of how components of recent health care reform may influence this relationship in the future.
        %K health insurance
%K recession
%K unemployment
%K Medicaid
%K SCHIP