%0 Report
        %A Dague, Laura
%A DeLeire, Thomas
%A Leininger, Lindsey
        %T The Effect of Public Insurance Coverage for Childless Adults on Labor Supply
        %D 2014
        %8 2014 May
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 8187
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp8187
        %X 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 advantage of the sudden imposition of an enrollment cap, comparing the labor supply of enrollees to eligible applicants on a waitlist. We find enrollment into public insurance leads to sizable and statistically meaningful reductions in employment up to at least 9 quarters later, with an estimated size of from 2 to 10 percentage points depending upon the model used.
        %K health insurance
%K labor supply