TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of Medicaid expansions for low-income children on Medicaid participation and private insurance coverage
T2 - Evidence from the SIPP
AU - Ham, John C.
AU - Shore-Sheppard, Lara
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Eileen Kopchik and Anna Andonova for their excellent research assistance, and the Joint Center for Poverty Research, the National Science Foundation (Grant No. SBR-9809546), and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Grant No. R01 HD39369-01A1) for the financial support. Part of this paper was written while Ham was a visitor in the Economics Department at the University of Pennsylvania, and he would like to thank this department for its hospitality. We are grateful to Richard Blundell, Thomas DeLeire, Mark Duggan, Dean Hyslop, Kanika Kapur, Michael Keane, Helen Levy, Bruce Meyer, Cecilia Rouse, Petra Todd, Frank Vella, Kenneth Wolpin, participants at the Joint Center for Poverty Research Tax and Transfer Conference, and participants in seminars at New York University, Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis, Princeton University, Rutgers University, and the University of Chicago for their helpful comments and suggestions.
Copyright:
Copyright 2004 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - We examine Medicaid enrollment and private coverage loss following expansions of Medicaid eligibility. We attempt to replicate Cutler and Gruber's [Q. J. Econ. 111 (1996) 391.] results using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and find smaller rates of take-up and little evidence of crowding out. We find that some of the difference in results can be attributed to different samples and recall periods in the data sets used. Extending the previous literature, we find that take-up is slightly increased if a child's siblings are eligible and with time spent eligible. Focusing on children whose eligibility status changes during the sample, we estimate smaller take-up effects. We find little evidence of crowding out in any of our extensions.
AB - We examine Medicaid enrollment and private coverage loss following expansions of Medicaid eligibility. We attempt to replicate Cutler and Gruber's [Q. J. Econ. 111 (1996) 391.] results using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), and find smaller rates of take-up and little evidence of crowding out. We find that some of the difference in results can be attributed to different samples and recall periods in the data sets used. Extending the previous literature, we find that take-up is slightly increased if a child's siblings are eligible and with time spent eligible. Focusing on children whose eligibility status changes during the sample, we estimate smaller take-up effects. We find little evidence of crowding out in any of our extensions.
KW - Medicaid
KW - Private insurance coverage
KW - SIPP
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.07.011
DO - 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2003.07.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4444220497
VL - 89
SP - 57
EP - 83
JO - Journal of Public Economics
JF - Journal of Public Economics
SN - 0047-2727
IS - 1
ER -