TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Cawley, John
AU  - Moriya, Asako S.
AU  - Simon, Kosali
        TI  - The Impact of the Macroeconomy on Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence from the Great Recession
        PY  - 2011/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6124
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6124
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - health insurance
KW  - recession
KW  - unemployment
KW  - Medicaid
KW  - SCHIP
        ER  -