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



Table 3

Effect of Husband's Insurance on Wife's outcomes

Not Working

Hours Worked

Hours worked|hrs>0

Min
Controls

Full
Controls

Min
Controls

Full

_     Controls

Min
Controls

Full
Controls

(1)

(2)

(3)

_       (4)

(5)

(6)

_______________________I. .

All Wives__________

veteran*post

-0.0180*

-0.0136+

0.6336**

0.4365+

0.2207

0.2403

(0.0071)

(0.0081)

(0.2146)

(0.2071)

(0.2308)

(0.2230)

veteran

0.0160**

0.0243**

-0.4422**

-0.6665**

0.0262

-0.1534

(0.0045)

(0.0046)

(0.1186)

(0.1295)

(0.1616)

(0.1626)

Observations

40,495

40,495

40,518

_______40,518

21,802

21,802

II. Wives with High School Education or Less Education

veteran*post

-0.0302**

-0.0298**

0.7967**

0.6303*

-0.0251

0.0708

(0.0092)

(0.0113)

(0.2413)

(0.2663)

(0.1825)

(0.1949)

veteran

0.0218**

0.0330**

-0.6943**

-0.9350**

-0.0921

-0.2837

(0.0072)

(0.0088)

(0.1620)

(0.1841)

(0.1403)

(0.1735)

Observations

23,768

23,768

23,827

_______23,827

11,311

11,311

III. Wives with Some College or More Education

veteran*post

-0.0035

0.0076

0.4789

0.1495

0.5698

0.4861

(0.0085)

(0.0092)

(0.5074)

(0.4371)

(0.5091)

(0.5123)

veteran

0.0046

0.0086+

-0.2125

-0.3957

-0.2841

-0.3889

(0.0057)

(0.0050)

(0.3385)

(0.2740)

(0.3856)

(0.3982)

Observations

13,837

13,837

13,881

________13,881

8,464

8,464

Notes: Coefficient estimates are taken from equation (1). Columns (1) and (2) report the marginal
effects from a probit regression. Columns
(3)-(6) report OLS results. Regressionsincludeage, race,
state, year and education dummies and a constant.
Full controls include pension and health insurance
receipt
in the previous year and a state-specific time trend. Robust standard errors in parentheses are
clustered
on veteran and year.

+ significant at 10%; * significant at 5%; ** significant at 1%

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