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



Table 4

Effect of Husband's Insurance on Wife's Outcomes

_________Earnings_______

________ln(Earnings)________

Min

Controls

Full

Controls

Min

__     Controls

Full

Controls

(1)

(2)

_____________(3)

(4)

________________I.

All Wives________

veteran*post

0.0325

-1.4348

0.0634*

0.0783**

(1.2325)

(1.7571)

(0.0287)

(0.0256)

veteran

4.5865**

3.1662*

0.0344

-0.0076

(1.2617)

(1.4128)

(0.0249)

(0.0213)

Observations

9,768

9,768

_________4,738

4,738

II. Wives with High School Education or Less Education

veteran*post

-2.1316

-3.4454

0.0805*

0.0878**

(3.2904)

(3.7608)

(0.0400)

(0.0329)

veteran

1.9817

1.6011

0.0427

0.0032

(1.3003)

(1.6235)

(0.0361)

(0.0283)

Observations

5,775

5,775

_________2,428

2,428

III. Wives with Some College or More Education

veteran*post

4.9758

4.6600

0.1072+

0.1604**

(3.7273)

(4.1977)

(0.0571)

(0.0474)

veteran

1.1148

-0.9412

-0.0338

-0.0917**

(2.3850)

(2.3538)

(0.0313)

(0.0293)

Observations

3,285

3,285

_________1,847

1,847

Notes: Coefficient estimates report tobit estimates of equation (1),
correcting for earnings topcodes. Eamings are in 1982-1984 dollars
using the BLS CPI inflator. Regressions include
age, race, state, year
and education dummies and a constant. Fullcontrolsincludepension
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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