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



Table 5

Results by Wife's Health Insurance Receipt

Wife Had Employer-Provided Health
_________________
Insurance_______________

Wife Without Employer-Provided Health
__________________
Insurance__________________

______________(1)

_______________(2)

________________(3)

________________(4)_____________

_____________________Panel I:

Work outcomes_____

Not Working

_________Part Time

__ Not Working

__________Part Time________

veteran*post

-0.0216**

0.0181*

-0.0140

-0.0407**

(0.0062)

(0.0076)

(0.0089)

(0.0151)

veteran

0.0249**

-0.0147*

0.0152*

0.0103

(0.0035)

(0.0058)

(0.0063)

(0.0120)

Sig different?

Yes

Yes

Observations________

___________14,063

____________11,044

___________26,532

____________11,465__________

____________________Panel II:

Hours Outcomes_____

Hrs Worked

_____Hrs Worked|hrs>0

__ Hrs Worked

_____Hrs Worked|hrs>0

veteran*post

0.3765

-0.5850*

0.7653**

1.0810*

(0.3853)

(0.2279)

(0.2487)

(0.4673)

veteran

-0.5319+

0.4188*

-0.5718**

-0.4936

(0.2922)

(0.1811)

(0.1349)

(0.3564)

Yes

Yes

Observations________

___________14,129

____________11,083

___________26,573

____________10,791__________

__________________Panel III:

Earnings Outcomes

Earnings

_________ln(Earnings)

__ Earnings

_________ln(Earnings)_______

veteran*post

3.1239

-0.0300

0.2210

0.2244**

(5.6723)

(0.0245)

(3.1185)

(0.0521)

veteran

0.5759

0.0699**

2.4344

-0.0892*

(4.2682)

(0.0174)

(1.5601)

(0.0357)

No

Yes

Observations

___________3,420

___________2,660

____________6,396

____________2,099__________

Note: Coefficient estimates are taken from equation (1). Panel I reports the marginal effects from a probit
regression. PanelsllandllreportresultsfromanOLS regression. Eamingsarein 1982-1984 dollars using the
BLS CPI inflator. Regressions include race, and a full set of state, year,
age, and education dummies and a
constant. Robust standard errors in parentheses are clustered on veteran and year.

* Significantat 5%; ** Significantat 1%



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