Spousal Labor Market Effects from Government Health Insurance: Evidence from a Veterans Affairs Expansion



Table 1: Summary Statistics, CPS 1992-2002

______Veterans______

Non-Veterans

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

_______Husbands_______

Observations

10,272

9,596

8,292

12,964

Age

59.808

59.251

58.911

59.022

White

0.943

0.924

0.867

0.867

No HS

0.159

0.073

0.341

0.244

HS

0.363

0.359

0.304

0.295

Some College

0.227

0.281

0.137

0.165

College Grad

0.148

0.162

0.105

0.147

Grad School

0.102

0.125

0.114

0.150

Pension Plan

0.403

0.451

0.371

0.397

Empl. HI Plan

0.651

0.657

0.573

0.579

Northeast

0.233

0.212

0.251

0.220

Midwest

0.252

0.236

0.237

0.225

South

0.308

0.315

0.308

0.322

West

0.207

0.237

0.204

0.234

Not Working

0.350

0.309

0.322

0.295

Self-Employed

0.163

0.148

0.184

0.170

Hours Worked

41.860

42.110

42.566

42.903

Occupations:

Prof/Management

0.238

0.263

0.221

0.265

Tech/Sales/Cleric

0.158

0.159

0.127

0.125

Service

0.053

0.057

0.064

0.063

Farming

0.037

0.026

0.056

0.045

Craftsman

0.130

0.141

0.135

0.131

Operator

0.125

0.121

0.154

0.142

Industries:

Agric/Mining

0.040

0.029

0.056

0.048

Construction

0.062

0.065

0.072

0.075

Manufacturing

0.152

0.134

0.174

0.147

Transport/Commun

0.075

0.090

0.063

0.063

Trade

0.112

0.107

0.125

0.114

Finance/Real estate

0.044

0.046

0.036

0.043

Business/Repair

0.037

0.047

0.039

0.045

Personal

0.024

0.021

0.025

0.028

Public

0.047

0.055

0.027

0.029

Professional

0.113

0.123

0.116

0.141

________Wives

Observations

10,187

9,493

8,164

12,674

Age

56.078

55.417

55.085

55.265

White

0.938

0.918

0.868

0.869

No HS

0.144

0.091

0.263

0.186

HS

0.468

0.416

0.412

0.369

Some College

0.230

0.274

0.175

0.215

College Grad

0.101

0.137

0.090

0.135

Grad School

0.053

0.078

0.054

0.086

Not Working

0.473

0.385

0.467

0.406

Self-Employed

0.083

0.082

0.090

0.088

Hours Worked

17.375

20.922

17.543

19.867

Note: Universe is limited to married couples with husbands between the
ages of 55 and 64 whose wives are not veterans. Two observations with
wives underthe
age of 18 have been deleted from the universe. The pre
Periodincludesyear s 1992-1995 and the Postperiodincludesyears
1998-2002.



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